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Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple

Retrospective government accounts attribute partial damage to Tipu and describe later repairs.

Thalassery / Tellicherry · Kerala

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Not established

As documented: date not established

LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

11.7453°, 75.5033° · 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.

Partial destruction · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
During Tipu’s campaigns · exact date unresolved
The census handbook attributes damage to part of the temple wall to Tipu; Kerala Tourism also describes damage to only part of the temple.
eventAttributed · further checking needed
The census handbook attributes damage to part of the temple wall to Tipu; Kerala Tourism also describes damage to only part of the temple.
The tourism page’s mid-eighteenth-century wording is chronologically imprecise. No exact date or personal presence of Tipu is established here.
- Census of India 1981: District Census Handbook, Cannanore ↗Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple: Thalassery Heritage Project ↗Kerala Tourism · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknown
During Tipu’s campaigns · exact date unresolved
Exact dating remains unresolved.
- Census of India 1981: District Census Handbook, Cannanore ↗Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple: Thalassery Heritage Project ↗Kerala Tourism · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking needed
Tipu Sultan’s forces
- Census of India 1981: District Census Handbook, Cannanore ↗Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
- Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple: Thalassery Heritage Project ↗Kerala Tourism · Cannanore handbook, Tellicherry, printed p. 24; Kerala Tourism, final history paragraph · Accessed 2026-09-28
aftermathAttributed · further checking needed
The census handbook credits Baber with renovation in 1815.
- Census of India 1981: District Census Handbook, Cannanore ↗Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · Tellicherry, printed p. 24 · Accessed 2026-09-28

Location & last documented condition

locationSupported in consulted sources

Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.

Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy 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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Census of India 1981: District Census Handbook, Cannanore ↗Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala · 1981 census series
Full PDF text retrieved with Firecrawl. Places of interest: Taliparamba and Tellicherry, including printed p. 24. Official retrospective descriptions attribute damage to Tipu; this is not contemporary documentation or proof of independence from older gazetteers. An initial direct PDF download failed TLS verification; the successful full-text retrieval is recorded separately.
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Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple: Thalassery Heritage Project ↗Kerala Tourism · Kerala Tourism · undated
Government heritage page read directly. Describes partial damage by Tipu’s forces but places it vaguely in the mid-eighteenth century. That wording does not securely date a Tipu campaign and is not silently converted into a precise year. No underlying archival citation is supplied.
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Thiruvangad Sree Ramaswamy Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
Article text consulted through Jina Reader. Underlying references are inventoried separately; listing a work does not mean it was read. Event attributions based only on this secondary account are labelled attributed.
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