Kottiyur
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Kottiyur, located in Kannur
District, Kerala
, India
, is a place which has a very ancient temple by the same name and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. According to the Sthala Purana, it is supposed to be the location of the famous Yagna of Daksha
, also called the Daksha Yagna or the Dakshayaagam.
Kannur
Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
District, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is a place which has a very ancient temple by the same name and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. According to the Sthala Purana, it is supposed to be the location of the famous Yagna of Daksha
Daksha
In Hinduism, Daksha, "the skilled one", is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas. Daksha is said to be the son of Aditi and Brahma...
, also called the Daksha Yagna or the Dakshayaagam.