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High medieval · Hindu · India
Valiyakoikkal Temple
Pandalam, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.2342°, 76.6754°
AyyappanPandalam royal houseKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Pandalam royal house
History & significance
The shrine inside the Pandalam Palace grounds that serves as the family temple of the Pandalam royal family, now administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board. The annual Thiruvabharanam procession carrying Ayyappan's ornaments to Sabarimala for Makaravilakku sets out from here.