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Payyavoor, Kannur district, Kerala · 12.0786°, 75.6199°
A Muthappan shrine at about 3,000 feet on Udumbumala in the Sahyadris where the rites are held in a natural forest clearing with no permanent buildings; long tied to the Mannanar house, its management passed to the Karakkatidam Nayanar family after the British took the dynasty's lands following the killing of its last ruler in 1902.
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.
Muthappan is said to have asked for nothing more than fallen leaves, a spring, a mountain, a round stone, forest and palm trees for his worship.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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