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High medieval · Hindu · India
Pundareekapuram Temple
Midayikunnam, Thalayolaparambu, Kottayam district, Kerala · 9.7996°, 76.4554°
Vishnu, seated on Garuda with BhudeviUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Vishnu temple at Midayikunnam in Kottayam district whose sanctum shows the deity astride Garuda with Bhudevi, set within a tiled, saddle-roofed chuttambalam. It is valued chiefly for its murals, among the notable surviving examples of Kerala temple painting.