Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

Rama is said to have installed the Shiva image here on his return from Lanka, and when Hanuman could not replace it with a lingam fetched from the Himalayas the ground rose into a hillock, making Kaviyoor his permanent abode.