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High medieval · Hindu · India
Payammal Shatrughna Temple
Payammal, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.3118°, 76.1893°
ShatrughnaUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the very few Indian temples dedicated to Shatrughna, youngest of Rama's brothers. It is the fourth stop on the Nalambalam pilgrimage, made in the Malayalam month of Karkidakam.