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Deities
Tirunakkara Mahādeva
Tirunakkara Shiva — ancient Kottayam Shaiva
Tirunakkara Shiva — ancient Kottayam Shaiva
Hindu / Shaiva / Kerala
Tirunakkara Mahādeva Temple of Kottayam is the principal Shiva shrine of central Kerala. 9th-c. foundation. The Tirunakkara kettukazhcha festival (March) features giant bamboo-and-cloth effigies of Bhīma, Hanumān, and other heroes carried in procession.
