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Adoor Mahalingeshwara Temple - Story - Information - Festival

Adoor Mahalingeshwara Temple is located at Delampadi village in Kasaragod District. The annual festival in the temple is known as Meena Sankrama Utsavam. It is observed from 27 day of Kumbham month for 5 days.

It is believed that Arjuna received Pashupatastra in this temple. The abhishekam is not performed to the main deity in the shrine who is known as Mahalingeshwara. It is performed on another vigraha. The sanctum sanctorum here is three tiered and is known as gaja prishta sreekovil.

Vishnu, Ganapati, Rakteshwari, Kinnimani are the subsidiary deities.

Three time puja is held in the shrine and the main offering is Kadalipazham.

Rudrabhishekam is very important in the temple.

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