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തൃച്ചിറ്റാറ്റ് മഹാവിഷ്ണുക്ഷേത്രം
Chengannur, Kerala · 9.3266°, 76.6043°
Chief among the five Chengannur-area temples attributed to the Pandava brothers and a Divya Desam sung by Nammalvar around 800 CE, with stone inscriptions of the Second Chera empire.
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.
Yudhishthira is said to have built this temple in penance for the half-truth he spoke to fell Drona in the Kurukshetra war.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chera
Answers only from cited records
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