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English: The Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is a major Hindu temple in Kerala, a site for weddings and rites-of-passages of Hindu families.

The temple roadside entrance has a Nataraja (dancing Shiva), has a mandala for social events such as performance arts, a dedicated place facing the garbha-grihya (inner sanctum) for Hindu rites of passage, a balance for donations (tula dana), a free community kitchen to feed the needy and visitors (anna dana).

The temple features Shiva in its inner sanctum, as well as smaller shrines for various Hindu gods and goddesses.
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Camera location9° 40′ 25.27″ N, 76° 33′ 37.53″ E  Heading=274.145° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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