Vizhinjam Cave Temple

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Vizhinjam Cave Temple
Vizhinjam Cave Temple
LocationTrivandrum, Kerala
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Vizhinjam Cave Temple is an 8th century AD Hindu temple at Vizhinjam, near Trivandrum in southern Kerala, India.[1]

The granite cave encloses a one-celled shrine with a loose sculpture of Vinadhara Dakshinamurti. The outer wall of the cave depicts unfinished reliefs of Siva as "Tripurantakara" on the left and as "Nataraja" with Parvati on the right (the unfinished Pallava dvarapalakas[1]).

The temple is located about 17 kilometers from Trivandrum city centre. Vizhinjam served as headquarters of the Ay kings who ruled the southern parts of Kerala in the 8th century.

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  • Four armed Siva as "Vinadhara Dakshinamurti"
    Four armed Siva as "Vinadhara Dakshinamurti"
  • Siva as "Tripurantaka" (with Apasmara under left his foot)
    Siva as "Tripurantaka" (with Apasmara under left his foot)
  • Siva as "Nataraja" with Parvati
    Siva as "Nataraja" with Parvati

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krairiksh, Piriya. "A NOTE ON THE ‘MAKARA’ BALUSTRADE AT MALACCA." Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 47, no. 1 (225), 1974, pp. 96–103.

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