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Thrikkavu Durga Temple

Logan records an account of a broken image, plunder and use of the shrine as a powder magazine, followed by repairs.

Ponnani / Trikkavu · Kerala

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Not established

As documented: date not established

LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

10.7770°, 75.9291° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

Desecration · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
During Tipu’s campaigns · exact date unresolved
Logan reports that Tipu plundered the temple, broke its image and used the sanctum as a powder magazine.
eventAttributed · further checking needed
Logan reports that Tipu plundered the temple, broke its image and used the sanctum as a powder magazine.
The district notice explicitly presents this as a reported account. It describes continued temple fabric, not complete annihilation. No precise raid year is given.
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Volume II, Appendix XXI, Ponnani taluk, Trikkavu entry · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknown
During Tipu’s campaigns · exact date unresolved
Exact dating remains unresolved.
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Volume II, Appendix XXI, Ponnani taluk, Trikkavu entry · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking needed
Tipu Sultan
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Volume II, Appendix XXI, Ponnani taluk, Trikkavu entry · Accessed 2026-09-28
aftermathAttributed · further checking needed
Returning custodians recovered the broken image from a well and repaired it; later responsibility passed to the Zamorin.
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Same Trikkavu entry · Accessed 2026-09-28
Rebuilding · not-applicable causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
1861 AD · repair date given by the notice
The notice credits the Zamorin with completing the necessary repairs in Malayalam Era 1037 (1861).
eventAttributed · further checking needed
The notice credits the Zamorin with completing the necessary repairs in Malayalam Era 1037 (1861).
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Same Trikkavu entry, repair paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateAttributed · further checking needed
1861 · repair date given by the notice
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Same Trikkavu entry, repair paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking needed
Zamorin of Calicut
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Same Trikkavu entry, repair paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28

Location & last documented condition

locationSupported in consulted sources

Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

Thrikkavu Durga Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28

present conditionUnknown

Present physical condition has not been independently established in this review.

Source context

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Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · William Logan and contributing district officers · 1887
Original edition OCR read at Taliparamba, Ponmeri and Trikkavu entries. A colonial district compilation written about a century after the campaigns, drawing on local accounts and earlier records; not eyewitness testimony of the attacks. Preserve its explicit reported-account wording. Later websites citing Logan are not independent witnesses. Page OCR is unreliable: entry headings are the locators.
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Thrikkavu Durga Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
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