Kottiyoor Temple
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Kottiyoor Temple is a prominent Shiva temple in Kottiyoor, Kannur, Kerala, India. Vadakkeshwaram Temple is the common name of the temple from ancient times, but some of the local people address the te
Main shrine at Kottiyoor surrounded by sacred grove
Ikkare Kottiyoor temple with sacred tree in the front.
Inside the shrines varanda.
Odappu, a "flower" made of bamboo pieces instantly is a thing every devotee buys from the temple to his home to be hung there for a year. Here is a shop selling the same.
Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam
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Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam is an annual 27-day Hindu pilgrimage held in Kottiyoor, Kerala. The festival commemorates the Daksha Yaga, a significant event in Hindu mythology. Similar to the Kumbh Mel
Kottiyoor Temple
…on the eastern bank. The shrine on the east bank (Kizhakkeshwaram or Akkare Kottiyoor) is a temporary hermitage (Yaga shrine) opened only during the Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam. The Vadakkeshwaram or Ikkare Kottiyoor (The Thruchherumana Temple) on the western bank of the river is a permanent temple complex like all other…
Kottiyoor Yajna Bhoomi
Shiva as Nataraja- A Chola Age Statue-(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Prajapati and his activities-Illustration
Uma Maheshwara(Sati and Shiva with Bhutaganas); 7th CE wall engravings; Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai