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High medieval · Hindu · India
Oachira Temple (Parabrahma Temple)
ഓച്ചിറ പരബ്രഹ്മക്ഷേത്രം
Oachira, Kerala · 9.1360°, 76.5102°
Parabrahma, worshipped without imageUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
An ancient temple in Kollam district dedicated to Parabrahma and remarkable for having neither an image nor a sanctum: worship is offered in the open, under a stand of carefully preserved trees.