Rajarajeshwara Temple

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Shree Rajarajeshwara Kshetram
Rajarajeshwara Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kannur district
Deity	Shiva
Governing body	Malabar Devaswom Board[1]
Location
State	Kerala
Country	India
Location within Kerala
Geographic coordinates	12°2′54.17″N 75°21′20.1″E / 12.0483806°N 75.355583°E / 12.0483806; 75.355583
Architecture
Type	Kerala Architecture
Creator	Parashurama
Inscriptions	Malayalam

The Rajarajeshwara temple is a Shiva temple located in Taliparamba in Kannur district of Kerala State of India. The temple is regarded as one of the existing 108 ancient Shiva Temples of ancient Kerala. It also has a prominent place amongst the numerous Shiva temples in South India.^[2] It had the tallest shikhara amongst the temples of its time. The Rajarajeshwara temple has a top of about 90 tonnes. If any problem is encountered in the other temples of South India, devotees seek a solution in this temple through a prashnam, a traditional method of astrological decision-making.^{[citation needed]} The prashnam is conducted on a peedha (a raised platform) outside the temple.

Legendarily, it was supposedly renovated by Sage Parashurama, long before the Kali Yuga commenced. Several centuries ago, it was renovated by the Mushika (Kolathiri) dynasty kings. This temple was rebuilt into its present form in the early eleventh century. The quadrangular sanctum has a two-tiered pyramidal roof; in front of the sanctum is the namaskara mandapam, but the temple has no kodi maram (flagstaff), unlike others in Kerala. Only Hindus are permitted to enter.^[3]