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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.