https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sree_Indilayappan_TempleSree Indilayappan Temple - Revision history2026-09-07T15:25:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sree_Indilayappan_Temple&diff=266881&oldid=prev->Jaysonsands: Adding short description: "Hindu temple in Kerala, India" (Shortdesc helper)2021-05-22T22:36:36Z<p>Adding <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: "Hindu temple in Kerala, India" (<a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortdesc helper">Shortdesc helper</a>)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu temple in Kerala, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
{{primary sources|date=January 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Sree Indilayappan Temple, Marayikkodu<br />
| image = ഇണ്ടിളയപ്പന് ക്ഷേത്രം.jpg<br />
| caption = Sree Indilayappan Temple<br />
| map_type = Kerala<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8|59|36|N|76|48|29|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| map_caption = Location in Kerala<br />
| native_name = ശ്രീ ഇണ്ടിളയപ്പൻ ക്ഷേത്രം, മാരായിക്കോട്<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam]]<br />
| locale = [[Kottarakkara]]<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| deity = [[Lord Shiva|Shiva]] and [[Lord Vishnu|Vishnu]]<br />
| festivals= <br />
| architecture = [[South Indian]]<br />
| temple_quantity = 2<br />
| monument_quantity= <br />
| inscriptions = <br />
| year_completed = <br />
| creator = The Temple<br />
| website = http://marayikkodu.org<br />
}}<br />
'''Marayikkodu Sree Indilayappan Kshethram''' (മലയാളം:[[:ml:ശ്രീ ഇണ്ടിളയപ്പൻ ക്ഷേത്രം|ഇണ്ടിളയപ്പൻ ക്ഷേത്രം]], മാരായിക്കോട്) is a powerful 1500-year-old [[Hindu]] temple in [[South India]]. Non-Hindus are permitted in the temple. It is in Karickom, 5&nbsp;km from [[Kottarakara]].<br />
<br />
==Temple==<br />
[[Shiva]] ([[Shiva Lingam]]), [[Parvati|Devi Parvathy]] and [[Vishnu]] are the main [[deities]] of this temple. The sub-deities of the temple are [[Lord Ganesh]], [[Nagaraja|Nagarajavu & Nagayakshi]], Brahmarakshas and Yakshi.<br />
<br />
Here devotees are considering the temple as two. One is [[Lord Shiva Temples in Kerala|Lord Shiva Temple]] and the other is [[Lord Vishnu Temples in Kerala|Lord Vishnu Temple]]. The Lord Shiva temple has two separate sanctum sanctorums, one devoted to Lord Shiva (Shivalingam), looking to the east, and the other for Devi Parvathy looking to the west. The Lord Vishnu temple has one sanctum sanctorum for Lord Vishnu, looking to the east.<br />
<br />
The [[Lord Ganesha]] shrine has one separate sanctum sanctorum. As per [[vastu]], the sanctum sanctorum is located on the "Kanni mula" (south-west corner) of [[Lord Shiva Temples in Kerala|Lord Shiva temple]]. [[Nagaraja|Sri Nagaraj & Nagayakshi]] and Brahmarakshas are worshipping devotees on the "Kanni mula" of Lord Ganesha. Yakshi have the place beneath the Strychine tree (Kanjirum) near the Lord Vishnu's sanctum sanctorum.<ref name=Temple>{{Cite web|url=http://marayikkodu.org |title= The Official Website - Marayikkodu Sree Indilayappan Temple| access-date=10 July 2011}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist|30em}}<br />
<br />
{{commons category}}<br />
<br />
{{Hindu temples in Kerala|Sree Indilayappan Temple}}<br />
{{Kollam district}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Ganesha temples]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Kollam district]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Kollam-geo-stub}}<br />
{{Kerala-hindu-temple-stub}}</div>->Jaysonsands