Village: Kottukal
Taluk: Neyyattinkara
GPS Coordinates: 8° 26’ 21.8” N 77° 07’ 12.8” E
Notification Year: 1966
The Vizhinjam Bhagavathi Temple of Kottukal village, Neyyattinkara, is a rectangular Dravida shrine made of granite located near the sea. The temple dates back to the 9th century C.E. It is square in plan and consists of a small shrine with a cell having a dome-shaped superstructure. The grabhagriha (sanctum sanctorum), without a circumambulatory passage inside, is rectangular in shape with a small facade in front. The chief deity, Bhagavathy, faces the north. Besides this Bhagavathi temple, there is a square-shaped Siva shrine in the temple complex. The Vizhinjam temple is akin to the contemporary Chola shrines in Kaliyapatti, Tiruppur, and some others at Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu.
