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{{Infobox Mandir
| name = Mundayur Mahadeva Temple
| image = File:Mundayur_Siva_Temple.jpg
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| caption = Temple entrance
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| map_caption = Location in Kerala
| coordinates = {{coord|10.5889392|76.1603538|type:landmark_region:IN-KL|display=inline,title}}
| other_names =
| country = {{Flag|India}}
| state = [[Kerala]]
| district = [[Thrissur District]]
| location = [[Anjur]]
| elevation_m =
| deity = [[Shiva]]
| festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]]
| architecture = ([[Architecture of Kerala|Kerala style]])
| temple_quantity =
| monument_quantity = 1
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = Not known (believed to be thousands of years old)
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'''Mundayur Mahadeva Temple''' ({{lang-ml|മുണ്ടയൂർ മഹാദേവർ ക്ഷേത്രം}}) is an ancient [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Shiva]] at [[Anjur]] of [[Thrissur District]] in [[Kerala state]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thekeralatemples.com/knowmore/108_siva_temples.htm |title=108 Siva Temples |publisher=The Kerala Temples |accessdate=2014-11-06}}</ref> The temple is situated near to SH-69 (Thrissur - Kuttippuram road) at Mundayur village.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mundayur+Mahadeva+Temple+Pond/@10.5896447,76.1595988,644m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x3ba7ebadebbc0be5:0x485fb2588fd4ee8d!2sMundayur+Mahadeva+Temple+Pond!8m2!3d10.5892519!4d76.1604988!3m4!1s0x3ba7ebadebbc0be5:0x485fb2588fd4ee8d!8m2!3d10.5892519!4d76.1604988 |title=Google Map |publisher=Google.com/maps }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vaikhari.org/108shivalaya.html|title=108 Shiva Temples in Kerala created by Lord Parasurama; 8. Mundayoor or Mundoor Shiva Temple |website=www.vaikhari.org}}</ref> It is the part of the [[108 Shiva Temples]] of [[Kerala]].<ref>Book Title: 108 Siva Kshetrangal, Author:Kunjikuttan Ilayath, Publishers: H and C Books</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vaikhari.org/108shivalaya.html |title=108 Shiva Temples in Kerala created by Lord Parasurama |publisher=Vaikhari |accessdate=2014-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/mundayur-siva-temple|title= Shiva Temples Listing Mundayur - Siva Temple |website=www.shaivam.org}}</ref> [[Zamorin of Calicut|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.<ref>K.P. Padmanabha Menon, History of Kerala, Vol. IV, pp 86-87</ref>

==Festival==
The annual festival of Mundayur Mahadeva Temple is celebrates for Laksharchana in the month of March–April (Malayalam month: Meenam).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/in-thrissur-today/article3043634.ece |title=Mundayur Mahadeva Temple |publisher=The Hindu |accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref> [[Sivarathri]] festival is the other important one celebrated by the temple every year in the month of Feb-March (Malayalam month: Kumbhham).

==See also==
* [[108 Shiva Temples]]
* [[Temples of Kerala]]
* [[Hindu temples in Thrissur Rural]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralawindow.net/Templestrissur.htm |title=TEMPLES OF THRISSUR |publisher=kerala windows |accessdate=22 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hindu temples in Kerala}}

[[Category:108 Shiva Temples]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Kerala]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Thrissur]]

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