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High medieval · Hindu · India
Nileshwar Muthappan Madappura
Nileshwar, Kasaragod district, Kerala · 12.2506°, 75.1301°
Muthappan, worshipped in theyyam form as VishnuUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A madappura in the north Kerala town of Nileshwar dedicated to Muthappan, the folk deity of the Malabar coast whose worship centres on theyyam performance.