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High medieval · Hindu · India

Keezhtali Mahadeva Temple

Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.2083°, 76.2027°

ShivaCheraKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Chera

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Kodungallur counted among the 108 Shiva temples of the Chera country and one of its four thali temples, which held a place in the administration of ancient Kerala. It is among the few Hindu temples recorded as destroyed during Tipu Sultan's campaign.

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.

Folklore holds that the sage Parashurama himself installed the Shiva image here.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chera