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High medieval · Hindu · India
Poonkunnam Siva Temple
Punkunnam, Thrissur, Kerala · 10.5359°, 76.2044°
Shiva (as Paramasivan), with Parvati in the same sanctumUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A small Shiva temple in the Punkunnam suburb of Thrissur, unusual in housing Parvati within the same sanctum, with further shrines to Ganapathi, Ayyappan, Krishna and the nagas. It is administered by the Cochin Devaswom Board and keeps Maha Shivaratri as its main festival.