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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kallisseri Azhakiyakavu Devi Temple
Kallisseri, Chengannur, Kerala · 9.3366°, 76.6094°
BhadrakaliUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Bhadrakali temple on the bank of the Pamba in Chengannur taluka, one of roughly thirty temples of central Travancore where the ritual art of Padayani is performed each year. The four-armed image is carved in wood, and shrines to Karimkali, Yakshiamma, Rakshassu and the naga deities stand alongside.