Valiyasala Mahadeva Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

Local tradition holds that temples to Brahma, Venkata Perumal and Mahadeva arose at the spots where queens of the Chera, Chola and Pandya kings performed sati after their husbands died in the Kanthaloor country.