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Ponmeri Shiva Temple
A nineteenth-century district notice attributes destruction to Tipu’s soldiers; the precise extent and year are unresolved.
Ponmeri, near Vadakara / Badagara · Kerala
Not established
As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
11.6306°, 75.6228° · not a surveyed footprintHow 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.
- Damage · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
During Tipu’s campaigns · exact date unresolved
The district notice attributes destruction of the Siva temple to Tipu’s soldiers.
eventAttributed · further checking neededThe district notice attributes destruction of the Siva temple to Tipu’s soldiers.
The source does not quantify the lost fabric. Its two mentions are one source, not independent corroboration. The event is recorded as damage without inventing complete demolition or an exact date.
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Volume II, Appendix XXI, Kurumbranad taluk, Ponmeri amsam; repeated in antiquities notice for Ponmeri · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknownDuring 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, Kurumbranad taluk, Ponmeri amsam; repeated in antiquities notice for Ponmeri · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededTipu Sultan’s forces
- Malabar, volume II: Appendix XXI, descriptive notices of taluks ↗William Logan and contributing district officers · Volume II, Appendix XXI, Kurumbranad taluk, Ponmeri amsam; repeated in antiquities notice for Ponmeri · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Ponmeri Shiva Temple: Wikidata coordinate statement Q20581904 ↗Wikidata contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Present physical condition has not been independently established in this review.
Source context
Tipu Sultan source review: originals, citation chains and disputed accounts ↗
- 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.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct - Ponmeri Shiva Temple: Wikidata coordinate statement Q20581904 ↗Wikidata contributors · Wikidata contributors · accessed 2026-09-28
Entity JSON read: P625 gives 11.6305897, 75.622834. Used only as an approximate locality coordinate, not a surveyed historic footprint or evidence of destruction. Getty TGN 8723109 returned a different Ponmeri at 10, 76.5 and was rejected for this temple near Badagara.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct