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High medieval · Hindu · India
Vadakkan Koyikkal Devi Temple, Puthiyavila
Puthiyavila, Alappuzha district, Kerala · 9.1903°, 76.4539°
Parvati DeviUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Devi temple near Kayamkulam whose unusual two-storey sreekovil places the goddess on the ground floor and Shiva above; Bhadrakali and Ayyappan are also worshipped here, and the ten-day Kumbha Bharani with its kettukazhcha displays is the principal festival.