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Mezhuveli Temple
Mezhuveli, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.2881°, 76.6886°
Mahadeva (Shiva)Modern—
Sacred since
1900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 20th c. (consecrated by Sree Narayana Guru)
Modern
History & significance
A village Shiva temple raised about a century ago by the people of Mezhuveli under the poet and social reformer Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker, and consecrated by Sree Narayana Guru. It stands on a former forest tract called Tholekavu, traditionally reckoned part of the Pandalam kingdom.