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Udayamperoor (Ernakulam district), Kerala · 9.9204°, 76.3612°
A twelfth-century Shiva temple at Udayamperoor in Ernakulam district, set in a courtyard of some four acres with gopurams and a round sanctum, and counted among Kerala's 108 Shiva temples. Three inscriptions of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries are associated with it, one of them still well preserved on the base of the namaskaramandapa.
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 credits the installation of the idol to the sage Parashurama.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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