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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kottekkad Temple
Kottekkad, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.7899°, 76.6959°
BhagavathiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A village temple about 8 km from Thrissur whose sanctum holds Bhagavathi. Several further consecrations stand in the compound, among them Shiva, Hanuman, Ayyappan, Subrahmanya, the serpent deities and Brahmarakshassu.