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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Vizhinjam Cave Temple
Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala · 8.3824°, 76.9913°
Vinadhara Dakshinamurti (Shiva)AyRock-cut
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
8th c. (Ay period)
Ay
History & significance
A one-celled granite cave shrine at Vizhinjam, the port that served as headquarters of the Ay kings of southern Kerala in the 8th century. Its outer wall carries reliefs of Shiva that were left unfinished, worked in the Pallava manner of the period.