Sri Kattil Madam Temple, Palakkad

Address

Sri Kattil Madam Temple, Perumbilavu-Nilambur Rd, Nagalassery, Palakkad district, Kerala 679533

Diety

Tirthankara

Introduction

Kattil Madam Temple is a dilapidated shrine in the Palakkad district in Kerala, India. It is thought to be a Jain temple built around the 9th or 10th centuries AD and is situated on the Pattambi Guruvayur road. The architecture is of Dravidian style with Chola and Pandya influences. The temple is protected by Archaeological Survey of India. its really an unfinished construction. The legend runs like this. Kattilmadam was the roof of kaithali temple at Pattambi. The globins built the structure at a distant place and were carrying the same to pattambi. When they reached Koottupatha they spotted the first rays of the hatching sun and they left the granite roof there by the roadside, as we know the suns rays can tame the spell of the globins!