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Tirunavaya, Kerala · 10.8637°, 75.9818°
A Divya Desam on the Bharathappuzha river and the storied venue of the Mamankam, the great fair held once every twelve years from at least the 8th century CE. It remains one of Kerala's principal riverside shrines for ancestral rites.
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.
Nine yogis are said to have installed images here; eight sank into the earth, and the ninth, arrested at its knees, became Navamukunda.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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