108 Shiva Temples

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This is a list of the 108 Shiva Temples mentioned in the Shivalaya Stothram.^{[1][2][definition needed]}

Background

According to Hindu beliefs, Lord

Parasurama is the sixth avatar of Maha Vishnu; he was the youngest son of sage Jamadagni and Renuka. According to legend, after donating the land to Brahmins, one hundred and eight Maha Shiva Lingam and Durga idols were installed in these 64 villages. These hundred and eight Shiva temples are mentioned in the Shivala Sotram and a song is written in the Malayalam language.^[6] Of the 108 Shiva temples, 105 temples are situated in Kerala state, two temples in Karnataka and one in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.^[7]

List of temples

No.	Temple Name	Deity	Festivals/Religious Practices	Photographer (Author)/Location/Picture
1	Vadakkunnathan Temple	Sankara Narayana, Parvati	Sivarathri, Thiruvathira, Thrissur Pooram	Sri.Mad. Dakshina Kailasam	Thrissur City, Thrissur district
2	Udayamperoor Ekadasi Perumthrikovil Temple	Shiva	Shankaranarayana Vilakku , Sivarathri	Sriperoor	Ernakulam District
3	Raviswarapuram Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Eraviswaram	Kodungalloor Thrissur district
4	Suchindram Sthanumalayan Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Sucheendram	Kanyakumari District
5	Chowwara Chidambaraswamy Temple	Nataraja	Sivarathri	Chowara	Chowwara Ernakulam district
6	Mathur Shiva Temple	Parvathi	Sivarathri	Mathur	Pannithadam Thrissur district
7	Triprangode Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Triprangode	Malappuram District
8	Mundayur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Mundayur	Anjur Thrissur district
9	Thirumandhamkunnu Temple	Shiva, Parvati	Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram	Thirumandhamkunnu	Malappuram District
10	Chowalloor Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Chowalloor	Thrissur District
11a	Pananchery Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Pananchery	Thrissur District
11b	Mudikkode Shiva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Pananchery	Thrissur District
12a	Annamanada Mahadeva Temple	Kirata Moorthy	Sivarathri	Koratty	Annamanada Thrissur district
12b	Mannar Thrikkuratti Mahadeva Temple	Kirata, Vishnu	Sivarathri	Koratty	Alleppey district
13	Puramundekkadu Shri Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Puramundekattu	Malappuram District
14	Avanoor Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple	Srikanda	Sivarathri	Avungannorr	Thrissur District
15	Kollur Mookambika Temple	Adi Parashakti, Siva	Navaratri	Kollur	Kollur Udupi district, Karnataka
16	Thirumangalam Sree Maha Vishnu Siva Temple	Shiva Vishnu	Sivarathri, Ashtamirohini	Thirumangalam	Thrissur District
17	Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thrikkariyoor	Ernakulam District
18	Kudappanakunnu Kunnathu Sri Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kunnapram	Kudappanakunnu Thiruvananthapuram district
19	Velloor Perunthatta Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	SriVelloor	Kottayam District
20	Ashtamangalam Siva Temple	Ashtamurthi	Sivarathri	Ashtamangalam	Thrissur District
21	Iranikulam Sree Mahadeva Temple	Thekkedathappan, Vadakkadathapapn	Sivarathri	Iranikulam	Thrissur District
22	Kainoor Shiva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kainoor	Thrissur District
23	Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna	Maha Baleswar	Rathothsava	Gokarna	Gokarna Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka
24	Ernakulam Shiva Temple	Rishinagakulathappan	Sivarathri , Painkuni Utsava	Ernakulam	Ernakulam Town Ernakulam district
25	Pazhoor Perumthrikkovil	Perumthrikkovilappan	Sivarathri	Paripaloor	Ernakulam District
26	Adat Shiva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Adat	Thrissur District
27	Parippu Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri , Utsav	Nalparappil	Kottayam District
28	Sasthamangalam Mahadevar Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Chathamangalam	Thiruvananthapuram District
29	Perumparampu Sri Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Paraparampu	Malappuram District
30	Thrikkur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thrikkur	Thrissur District
31	Panayur Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Panayoor	Palakkad District
32	Tirunettur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri, Vavubali	Vyttila	Ernakulam District
33	Vaikom Mahadeva Temple	Parvathi	Sivarathri, Utsav	Vaikom	Kottayam District
34	Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Rameswaram	Kollam District
35	Amaravila Rameswaram Sri Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Rameswaram	Thiruvananthapuram District
36	Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple	Aghora (Shiva)	Sivarathri Utsav	Ettumanoor	Kottayam District
37	Kanjilassery Maha Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Edakolam	Quilandy Kozhikode District
38	Chemmanthatta Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Chemmanthattu	Thrissur District
39	Aluva Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Aluva Sivarathri festival	Aluva	Ernakulam District
40	Thirumittacode Temple	Shiva, Uyyavanda perumal	Sivarathri	Thirumittacode	Palakkad District
41	Velorvattom Sri Mahadeva Temple	Vadakkanappan, Thekkanappan	Sivarathri	Cherthala	Alappuzha District
42	Muttichur Kallattupuzha Sri Maha Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kallattupuzha	Thrissur District
43	Thrikkunnathu Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thrikkunnu	Thrissur District
44	Cheruvathur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Cheruvathur	Thrissur District
45	Poonkunnam Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Ponganam	Thrissur District
46	Niranam Thrikkapaleeswaram Dakshinamurthy Temple	Dakshinamurthy	Sivarathri	Thrikkapaleswaram	Pathanamthitta District
47	Kadachira Sri Thrikkapalam Siva Temple	Dakshinamurthy (Two Deities)	Sivarathri	Thrikkapaleswaram	Kannur District
48	Nadapuram Iringannur Siva Temple	Dakshinamurthy	Sivarathri	Thrikkapaleswaram	Kozhikkode District
49	Avittathur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Avittathur	Thrissur District
50	Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple	Shiva, Mahakali	Navarathri	Parumala	Alleppey District
51	Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple	Anandavalli	Sivarathri	Kollam	Kollam District
52	Kattakampal Temple	Bhagavathy	Pooram	Kattakampala	Thrissur District
53	Kondazhy Tritham Tali Siva Temple	Parvathi	Sivarathri	Pazhayannur	Thrissur District
54	Perakam Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Perakam	Thrissur District
55	Chakkamkulangara Siva Temple	Parvathi	Sivarathri	Adambilli	Eranakulam District
56	Veeranimangalam Mahadeva Temple	Shiva, Narasimha	Sivarathri	Ambalikkad	Thrissur District
57	Cheranalloor Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Cheranalloor	Ernakulam District
58	Maniyoor Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Maniyoor	Mankada MALAPPURAM district
59	Kozhikode Tali Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thali	Kozhikode District
60	Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thali	Kottayam District
61	Keezhtali Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thali	Thrissur District
62	Talikotta Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thali	Kottayam District
63	Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple	Shiva, Kodungallooramma	Kodungallur Bharani	Kodungallur	Thrissur District
64	Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple	Sreekandan	Sivarathri	Vanchiyur	Thiruvananthapuram District
65	Thiruvanchikulam Temple	Thiruvanchikulathappan	Sivarathri	Vanchuleswaram	Thrissur District
66	Padanayarkulangara Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Pancharkulam	Kollam District
67	Thrichattukulam Mahadeva Temple	Vaduthaleswan	Sivarathri	Chittukulam	Alleppey District
68	Pokkunny Siva Temple	Pokkunniyappan	Sivarathri	Alathur	Palakkad District
69	Kottiyoor Siva Temple	Kottiyurappan	Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam	Kottiyoor	Kannur District
70	Thrippalur Mahadeva Temple	Thrippaloorappan, Narasimha, Krishna	Ashtami Rohini	Thrippaloor	Palakkad District
71	Sree Perunthatta Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Perumthatta	Thrissur District
72	Trithala Maha Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thrithala	Palakkad District
73	Thiruvatta Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Thiruvalla	Pathanamthitta District
74	Vazhappally Maha Siva Temple	Ganapathy	Vinayaka Chathurthi	Vazhappally	Kottayam District
75	Changankulangara Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Puthuppally	Kollam District
76	Anchumurthi Mangalam Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Mangalam	Palakkad District
77	Thirunakkara Sree Mahadevar Temple	Thirunakkara Tevar	Sivarathri , Pakal Pooram	Thirunakkara	Kottayam District
78	Kodumbu Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kodumbur	Palakkad District
79	Ashtamichira Mahadeva Temple	Thekkum Tevar, Vadakkum Tevar	Sivarathri	Ashtamikovil	Thrissur District
80	Pattanakkad Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Pattanakkad	Alleppey District
81	Uliyannoor Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Ashtayil	Ernakulam District
82	Killikkurussi Mahadeva Temple	Dakshinamurthy	Sivarathri	Killikkurissi	Killikkurussimangalam Palakkad district
83	Puthur Mahadeva Temple	Puthurappan	Sivarathri	Puthur	Kannur District
84	Chengannur Mahadeva Temple	Chenganoor Bhagavathi	Sivarathri	Kumbhasabhava Mandiram	Alleppey District
85	Someswaram Mahadeva Temple	Someswar	Sivarathri	Someswaram	Thrissur District
86	Venganellore Thiruvimbilappan Temple	ThiruVimbilappan	Sivarathri	Venganellore	Thrissur District
87	Kottarakkara Mahadeva Temple	Ilayidathappan	Sivarathri	Kottarakkara	Kollam District
88	Kandiyoor Sree Mahadeva Temple	Kandiyurappan	Sivarathri	Kandiyur	Alleppey District
89	Palayoor Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	-	Palayoor	Thrissur District	converted to church during European rule
90	Taliparamba Rajarajeshwara Temple	Raja Rajeswaran	Sivarathri	Mahadevachelloor	Kannur District
91	Nedumpura Kulasekharanellur Temple	Kulasekharathappan	Sivarathri	Nedumpur	thrissur District
92	Sree Mannoor Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Mannur	Kozhikode District
93	Thrissilery Siva Temple	Aghora Murthi	Sivarathri	Thrichaliyoor	Wayanad District
94	Sringapuram Mahadeva Temple	Dakshayani Vallabhan	Sivarathri	Sringapuram	Thrissur District
95	Karivellur Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kottur	Kannur District
96	Mammiyoor Mahadeva Temple	Mammiyurappan	Sivarathri	Mammiyoor	Thrissur District
97	Parampanthali Sree Mahadeva Temple	Taliswaran, Shiva	Sivarathri	Parampanthali	Thrissur District
98	Thirunavaya Navamukunda Temple	Shiva, Brahma	Sivarathri	Thirunavaya	Tavanur Malappuram district
99	Kanjiramattam Sree Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Karikkod	Idukki District
100	Nalpathaneeswaram Sree Mahadeva Temple	Nalpathenniswaran	Sivarathri	Cherthala	Alleppey District
101	Kottappuram Siva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Kottappuram	Thrissur District
102	Muthuvara Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Muthuvara	Thrissur District
103	Velappaya Mahadeva Temple	Vadakkum Tevar, Thekkum Tevar	Sivarathri	Velappaya	Thrissur District
104	Chendamangalam Kunnathali Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Chendamangalam	Ernakulam District
105	Thrikkandiyur Mahadeva Temple	Thrikkandiyurappan	Sivarathri	Thrikkandiyur	Malappuram District
106	Peruvanam Mahadeva Temple	Erattayappan, Madathilappan	Sivarathri	Peruvanam	Thrissur District
107	Thiruvaloor Mahadeva temple	Thiruvalurappan	Sivarathri	Thiruvaloor	Eranakulam District
108	Chirakkal Mahadeva Temple	Shiva	Sivarathri	Chirakkal	Ernakulam District

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