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High medieval · Hindu · India
Palakkavu Bhagavathi Temple
Edava (Thiruvananthapuram district), Kerala · 8.7650°, 76.6894°
Bhadrakali, worshipped as PalakkavilammaUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A goddess shrine at Edava, a few kilometres north of Varkala in southern Kerala, described as one of the older Devi temples of the region. Its ten-day Karthika Thirunal Mahothsavam, held in the Malayalam month of Kumbham, is the main annual festival.