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Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Thalassery

Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala · 11.7461°, 75.4919°

Lakshmi NarasimhaModern—
Sacred since
1831 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1831
Modern

History & significance

A Goud Saraswat Brahmin temple of the Dvaita tradition at Thalassery, built in 1831 on the site of an older shrine after the merchant Devdas Bhandari gave the Lakshmi Narasimha image early in the nineteenth century. It also holds Kodanda Rama and Venkataramana, has a three-tiered simhasana, and unusually faces north; it was consecrated by Sumatheendra Tirtha, fifteenth pontiff of the Kashi Math.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern