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Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala · 9.3707°, 76.5709°
One of the earliest temples in Kerala and among its 108 famous Shiva shrines, built under the Kulasekhara Perumals of the second Chera dynasty. The Vazhappally copper-plate inscription issued in the reign of the Chera king Rama Rajasekhara refers to this Shiva temple.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Folklore holds that the sage Parashurama installed the Shiva idol here in the Treta Yuga.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chera
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