Category:Vizhinjam Cave Temple

**Vizhinjam rock caves**
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Instance of	cave temple;
Location	Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram
Maintained by	Archaeological Survey of India, Thrissur circle;
Heritage designation	Monument of National Importance;
	8° 22′ 56.65″ N, 76° 59′ 28.77″ E
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The Vizhinjam Cave temple is an 8th-century rock-cut Hindu temple near Thiruvanathapuram (Trivandrum). It is small but notable as the site with one of the earliest known Dakshinamurthy statues of Kerala. Further, it is rare in being the Veenadhari form of Dakshinamurti, and also for being placed in the sanctum in contrast to the Kerala and Tamil Nadu tradition of placing him on the southern outer wall of the vimana.

The Vizhinjam Cave temple is also significant for the four-armed Tripurantaka relief on the outer left side of the sanctum, and the Nataraja-Parvati couple that is more eroded or incomplete. The site has some additional minor carvings.

This is a category about ASI monument number

N-KL-11.

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8th century rock cut Vizhinjam Hindu temple near Kovalam Kerala, Tripurantaka, Dakshinamurti.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 4.57 MB
8th century rock cut Vizhinjam Shaivism Hindu temple near Kovallam Kerala, Nataraja, Parvati, Tripurantaka, Dakshinamurti.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 3.92 MB
8th century Veenadhari Dakshinamurti, Vizhinjam rock-cut Hindu temple Kerala.jpg 1,005 × 1,340; 421 KB
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Siva as "Dakshinamurti" in Vizhinjam Cave Temple (Trivandrum, Kerala).jpg 738 × 1,529; 335 KB
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