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Mathilakam
Sign in to saveleft|thumb|Ilango Adigal Mathilakam is a village in Kodungallur taluk, Thrissur district in Kerala, South India. It is located around 5 miles north of Kodungallur on National Highway 66. Its nearby localities include S.N Puram and Panangad. The place also resides near to Triprayar and Irinjalakuda routes.
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left|thumb|Ilango Adigal Mathilakam is a village in Kodungallur taluk, Thrissur district in Kerala, South India. It is located around 5 miles north of Kodungallur on National Highway 66. Its nearby localities include S.N Puram and Panangad. The place also resides near to Triprayar and Irinjalakuda routes.
Mathilakam is generally identified by historians as the location of the medieval Shiva temple, the Thirukkunavay Temple. The shrine was also known as the Kunavayir Kottam, the monastery of Ilamko Atikal (the author of the Tamil epic Chilappathikaram). The temple has been highly eulogized in the Tamil Shaiva literature of Tevaram as early as the 7th century CE. The Tamil Nayanmar saint Sundarar is said to have visited the temple before attaining Moksha.
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