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.


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