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Guruvayur, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.5861°, 76.0388°
A Kerala-style Shiva temple at Guruvayur with a double-storeyed tile-roofed sanctum; it lay under the Zamorin of Calicut and was wrecked during Tipu Sultan's 18th-century campaign, and excavation at the site has recovered two cannons from the defence mounted by the Zamorin's forces.
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.
Folklore holds that the sage Parashurama installed the Shiva idol here in the Treta Yuga.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Zamorin era
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