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Kondazhy, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.7152°, 76.4035°
One of the 108 celebrated Shiva temples of Kerala, which under Chera rule served as the central temple for the administration of the surrounding eighteen tiers; besides the Parvati shrine it holds eleven subsidiary deities. Its sculpture was damaged during Tipu Sultan's invasion of Kerala and stayed so for about two centuries.
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.
Tradition credits the sage Parashurama with installing the Shiva image on the south bank of the Nila.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chera
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