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High medieval · Hindu · India

Mathur Shiva Temple

Kunnamkulam, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.6748°, 76.1153°

Shiva, with Parvati in the same sanctumUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the 108 celebrated Shiva temples of Kerala, at Kunnamkulam, where the west-facing Shiva shares the sanctum with an east-facing Parvati and the lingam is held to be an unshaped reddish rudrakshasila. Maha Shivaratri is the chief festival.

Sthala katha — the legend

The image is said to have been installed by the sage Parashurama.

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Sources

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