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.

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