Early medieval · Hindu · India

Thattayil Orippurathu Bhagavathi Temple

Thattayil, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.2098°, 76.7355°

Bhadrakali (Parashakti)UndeterminedKerala

Sacred since

800 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

reckoned c. 1,200 years old

Undetermined

History & significance

One of the best-known Bhagavathi temples of central Travancore, at Thattayil near Adoor, reckoned about twelve centuries old and built in traditional Kerala style. Its annual festival features the Thookkam hook-swinging offering, and the precinct holds subsidiary shrines to Ganesha, Krishna, the naga deities, Yogeeshwaran and others.

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