Early medieval · Hindu · India

Mahadeva Temple, Kalanjoor

Kalanjoor, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.1213°, 76.8498°

Shiva (with Indiliyappan Sastha)UndeterminedKerala

Sacred since

900 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

at least 1,100 years old

Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Kalanjoor in Pathanamthitta district, recorded as at least 1,100 years old, which carries the unusual feature of two adjacent copper-clad flagstaffs because both Mahadeva and Sastha are enshrined. Its 60-foot gopuram is approached by eighteen steps, and it lies about 80 km southwest of Sabarimala.

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