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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kanimangalam Sastha Temple
Kanimangalam, Thrissur, Kerala · 10.4883°, 76.2175°
Sastha, also worshipped as BrihaspatiUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the temples that take part in the Thrissur Pooram, and the first of the poorams to enter the Vadakkunnathan temple. Its deity is regarded as the protector of the goddesses who join the festival, verifying arrangements for the other participating processions.