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{{Infobox religious building
| religious_affiliation = [[Hindu]]
| image = Kallil temple - 2.jpg
| caption = Kallil temple
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
| state = [[Kerala]]
| region = [[South India]]
| country = [[India]]
| year_completed = 9th-century AD
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Kallil Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Kerala]], [[South India]]. It is 12&nbsp;km away from [[Perumbavoor ]] in Ernakulam district of Kerala. Kallil in Malayalam means 'in stone'. It is one of the most ancient Jain temple in Kerala.<ref name= CPR>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpreecenvis.nic.in/Database/KallilcavetempleMethala_2892.aspx|title=Kallil cave temple Methala}}</ref> It is one of the protected monuments in Kerala under [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/|title=Archaeological Survey of India|website=asi.nic.in|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155409/http://asi.nic.in/|archive-date=29 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Overview ==
The temple, located in a 28-acre (113,000 m²) plot, is cut from a huge rock, and a climb of 120 steps leads to the temple. To reach the temple one has to travel a distance of about 2&nbsp;km from [[Odakkali]], on the [[Aluva]] [[Munnar]] Road and 10&nbsp;km from [[Perumbavoor]]. The temple is owned by the Kallil [[Pisharody]] family. The present [[Karanavar]] of the family turned over all the administrative control of the temple and all its belongings to 'Chenkottukonam Sree Ramadasashramam'. But all that retrieved back due to some hassle between local people and Ashram authorities.

== Main deity ==

Rock-carved images of the 23rd [[Tirthankara]], [[Parshvanatha]], ''Vardhaman [[Mahavira]]'' (24th ''Tirthankara'') and [[Padmavati (Jainism)|Padmavati devi]] are present in the temple.<ref name= CPR/> ''Padmavati devi'' is worshipped as ''Bhagawathi'' by the local population. The major festival of the temple is celebrated from Karthika of month Vrishchika and usually lasts for a week.<ref>http://www.kallilcavetemple.com/about-en.html</ref>

== Gallery ==
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Dieties unimportant Kallil temple.jpg|Deities outside Kallil temple
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Jainism in Kerala]]
*[[List of Jain temples]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Kallil Temple}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120423140754/http://www.thrikodithanam.org/intro.htm kallil]
*[http://kallilcavetemple.com/about-en.html Kallil temple's official website]

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[[Category:9th-century Jain temples]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Kerala]]
[[Category:Rock formations of India]]


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