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Kerala · Temple listing
Dakshina Mookambika Temple, North Paravur
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Dakshina Mookambika Temple, North ParavurPhoto: Nidhin Chandrasekhar · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History & tradition
The Dakshina Mookambika Temple is in the town of North Paravur in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The presiding deity is Mookambika, and the sub-deities include Ganapathy, Kartikeya, Mahavishnu, Hanuman and Veerabhadra. The sanctum stands in the middle of a lotus pool. Legend says a ruler of Paravur was a great devotee of the goddess and used to travel to her temple at Kollur; when age made the journey impossible, the goddess came to be worshipped at Paravur.
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Dakshina Mookambika Temple, North Paravur
Ernakulam district, Kerala
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04 · At the temple
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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