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High medieval · Hindu · India

Muthuvara Mahadeva Temple

Muthuvara, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.5526°, 76.1749°

Shiva (Mahadeva)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Muthuvara in Thrissur district that also maintains a separate shrine for Vishnu within the same compound.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

Tradition holds that Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, installed the temple's image.

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Sources

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