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Village in Kerala, India
Avittathur | |
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Village | |
  Avittathur Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Avittathur Avittathur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 10Ā°19ā²51ā³N 76Ā°14ā²41ā³E / 10.330815Ā°N 76.244860Ā°E / 10.330815; 76.244860 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Tehsil | Mukundapuram |
| Government | |
| ā¢ Type | Grama Panchayat |
| ā¢ Body | Velukara Grama Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| ā¢ Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Pin Code | 680683 |
Avittathur is a village in Mukundapuram taluk, Thrissur district in the: state of Kerala, India. It was one of theāā64 original Brahmin settlement in the "Kerala state." It is famous for an ancient shiva temple, where 4 very old inscriptions have been discovered. According to legend, the temple was consecrated by sage agastya and "the name of the village was originally agastyaputtur." But it seems to be just the Sanskritization of the word. Legendary Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam maestro NÄtyÄchÄrya VidÅ«shakaratnam Padma Shri MÄni MÄdhava ChÄkyÄr used to perform here for decades.
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Avittathur Mahadeva Temple ā»