Thaliyil Mahadeva Temple Kottayam Kerala

Thaliyil Mahadeva Temple is an important place of worship for centuries located at Thazhathangadi in the Kottayam district of Kerala. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, there is a fort surrounding the temple named as Thalikotta. In the local language, kotta means fort and that is how the temple got its name. Situated near Uppoottikavala at the Kottayam-Kumarakom route, many tourists to Kumarakom, the well known backwater destination in Kerala, visit this temple. The round-shaped shrine is facing westwards and it has a large idol of Mahadeva. The sub-deities of this temple are Lord Ganesha, Lord Subramanya, Lord Sastha, Nagaraja and Rakshas. The 10-days annual festival of the temple is celebrated in the month of Medam, the Malayalam month. Kottayam is the nearest railway station to Thaliyil Mahadeva Temple which is nearly 3 kilometers away. Cochin International Airport is approximately 91 kilometers from this Shiva temple. Contact Tour My India to get affordable pilgrim packages to Kerala.