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Kanjiramattam Sree Mahadeva Temple

Kerala-style Shiva temple on the Thodupuzha River where Shiva sits under a wish-granting tree with Parvati

Photo: RajeshUnuppally at Malayalam Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

Kanjiramattam Sree Mahadeva Temple is an old Shiva temple on the bank of the Thodupuzha River at Kanjiramattam Kara, roughly one and a half kilometres south-east of the Thodupuzha KSRTC bus stand in Idukki district. Tradition counts it among Kerala's 108 Shiva temples and says Parasurama installed its idol.

Built in the Kerala style, the temple shows Shiva meditating beneath a Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree, with his consort Parvati. Sub-deities include Durga, Amrithakalasa Sastha, Ganapati, Vanadurga, the Naga deities, Mookambika Devi and the Rakshas.

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02 — About

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