Mundayur Mahadeva Temple
Temple entrance
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictThrissur District
DeityShiva
FestivalsMaha Shivaratri
Location
LocationAnjur
StateKerala
Country India
Geographic coordinates10°35′20″N 76°09′37″E / 10.5889392°N 76.1603538°E / 10.5889392; 76.1603538
Architecture
Type(Kerala style)
CompletedNot known (believed to be thousands of years old)
Monument(s)1

Mundayur Mahadeva Temple (Malayalam: മുണ്ടയൂർ മഹാദേവർ ക്ഷേത്രം) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at Anjur of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India.[1] The temple is situated near to SH-69 (Thrissur - Kuttippuram road) at Mundayur village.[2] The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in main Sanctum Sanctorum, facing East. According to folklore, sage Parashurama has installed the idol of Lord Shiva.[3] It is the part of the 108 Shiva Temples of Kerala.[4][5][6] Kozhikode Zamorin's army meditated on the Lord Shiva of Mundayur Temple and went out to battle. It was because such a practice was presumed that Lord Shiva of Mundayur saved them.[7]

Festival

The annual festival of Mundayur Mahadeva Temple is celebrates for Laksharchana in the month of March–April (Malayalam month: Meenam).[8] Sivarathri festival is the other important one celebrated by the temple every year in the month of Feb-March (Malayalam month: Kumbhham).

See also

References

  1. "108 Siva Temples". The Kerala Temples. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. "Google Map".
  3. "108 Shiva Temples in Kerala created by Lord Parasurama; 8. Mundayoor or Mundoor Shiva Temple". www.vaikhari.org.
  4. Book Title: 108 Siva Kshetrangal, Author:Kunjikuttan Ilayath, Publishers: H and C Books
  5. "108 Shiva Temples in Kerala created by Lord Parasurama". Vaikhari. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  6. "Shiva Temples Listing Mundayur - Siva Temple". www.shaivam.org.
  7. K.P. Padmanabha Menon, History of Kerala, Vol. IV, pp 86-87
  8. "Mundayur Mahadeva Temple". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  9. "TEMPLES OF THRISSUR". kerala windows. Retrieved 22 March 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.