Trikkur Mahadeva Temple
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Trikkur Mahadeva Temple is a rock-cut cave temple in Trikkur
village
in Thrissur District
in Kerala
believed to have been built in the 7th or 8th century. The temple was originally a Jain temple. It is a protected monument
under the Department of Archaeology
, Govt of Kerala since 1966. The temple and its premises are now owned by Paliyam Trust which is managed by Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti (Temple Protection Committee).
Trikkur
-Demographics: India census, Trikkur had a population of 10572 with 5221 males and 5351 females.-Trikkur Mahadeva Temple:Trikkur Mahadeva Temple, a protected monument under the Department of Archaeology, Govt of Kerala, is located in this village....
village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Thrissur District
Thrissur district
Thrissur is a revenue district of Kerala situated in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as...
in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
believed to have been built in the 7th or 8th century. The temple was originally a Jain temple. It is a protected monument
Monument
A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture...
under the Department of Archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, Govt of Kerala since 1966. The temple and its premises are now owned by Paliyam Trust which is managed by Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti (Temple Protection Committee).