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High medieval · Hindu · India
Keleswaram Mahadeva Temple
Keleswaram, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala · 8.4252°, 77.0232°
Shiva (Mahadeva)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Keleswaram in Thiruvananthapuram district, administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board, whose lingam faces west - an orientation the article notes as rare; Maha Shivaratri and Thiruvathira are its principal festivals.