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High medieval · Hindu · India
Valiya Koonambaikulam Temple
Vadakkevila, Kollam district, Kerala · 8.8792°, 76.6319°
Bhadrakali, known as KoonambaikulathammaUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded; described as very ancient
Undetermined
History & significance
One of Kerala's older Bhadrakali temples, at Vadakkevila in Kollam, whose Kumbha Bharani festival draws thousands of women for the Chandra Pongal offering; the temple trust also runs an engineering college in the district.