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High medieval · Hindu · India

Pandalam Mahadeva Temple

Pandalam, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.2376°, 76.6633°

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

History & significance

A Shiva temple about 3 km from Pandalam town, where the deity is worshipped in a benign aspect with Parvati seated on his lap. It is counted among the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala.

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 installed the sanctum image and that the sage Khara Muni consecrated the shrine as one of 108 Shiva temples.

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Sources

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