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Ancient · Hindu · India
Vadeshwaram Temple
Aroli, Pappinisseri, Kannur district, Kerala · 11.9645°, 75.3597°
Shiva as Vadeshwarathappan (Vadaka Bhairavan)MushikaAshtadala
Sacred since
500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 500 CE (Mushika)
Mushika
History & significance
A hilltop Shiva temple on Keecheri hill in Kannur district, credited to Vatukavarma of the Mushika dynasty around 500 CE and counted among Kerala's 108 ancient Shiva shrines. Its eight-petalled ashtadala plan is described as without parallel elsewhere in India, and it is nicknamed the Kailasa of North Malabar.