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High medieval · Hindu · India

Kidangoor Subramanya Swami Temple

Kidangoor, Kottayam district, Kerala · 9.6756°, 76.6111°

Kartikeya (Subramanya), worshipped locally as ThrikkidangoorappanUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the better-known Subramanya shrines in Kerala, on the banks of the Meenachil river. Kidangoor was among the sixty-four Nambudiri settlements lying on the frontier between the Vadakkumkur and Thekkumkur kingdoms, and the site also holds a Vishnu shrine reckoned older than the Subramanya 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.

Temple tradition says the Subramanya idol slipped from a sage's water pot and travelled along with the water until it came to rest at the older Vishnu shrine.

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Sources

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