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 {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
-{{primary sources|date=January 2020}}
 {{Infobox monument
 |monument_name = Parashurama Statue
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+|image         =Parashurama-statue-at-mango-meadows-agricultural-theme-park-kaduthuruthy.jpg
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+|caption       =Statue in Mango meadows.
 |location      = [[Kaduthuruthy]], [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
 |type          = statue
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 ==About the statue==
-The height of the [[statue]] is about 30 feet. [[Parashurama]] is the sixth avatar of [[Vishnu]] in Hinduism. He is one of the chiranjeevis (immortal) of Hinduism and is believed to have lived during the [[Treta Yuga]] and [[Dvapara Yuga]]. He is also known as the father of [[Kalarippayattu]].
+The height of the [[statue]] is about 30 feet. [[Parashurama]] is the sixth avatar of [[Vishnu]] in Hinduism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statue of Parashurama - Tallest Statue - Mango Meadows|url=https://mangomeadows.in/worlds-tallest-statue-of-parashurama-in-mangomeadows/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Mango Meadows: World's first agricultural theme park|language=en-US}}</ref> He is one of the chiranjeevis (immortal) of Hinduism and is believed to have lived during the [[Treta Yuga]] and [[Dvapara Yuga]]. He is also known as the father of [[Kalarippayattu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyclopean sculpture of Lord Parasurama to come up in Kovalam|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/newsletter/news/2004/cyclopean-sculpture-of-lord-parasurama-to-come-up-in-kovalam/375|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Kerala Tourism|language=en}}</ref>
-[[File:Parashurama-statue-at-mango-meadows.jpg|thumb]]
-[[File:Parashurama-statue-at-mango-meadows-agricultural-theme-park-kaduthuruthy.jpg|thumb|Statue of Parashurama located at Mango Meadows]]
-As per the Hindu mythology, [[Kerala]] was created by Parasurama, by throwing his axe from Gokarna, near [[Karwar, Karnataka]]. The sea on the direction of the axe moved out and a strip of land was formed. It was 160 katam (an old measure) of land lying between [[Gokarnam]] and [[Kanyakumari]].
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}{{Statues in India}}
 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kottayam district]]
 [[Category:Colossal statues in India]]