Antiquity and Deities

The Department of Census, Government of India identified 32 temples of the district as very ancient having more than two thousand years of age.  85 temples were constructed between 1st and 9th Century AD. 1168 temples have been constructed between 10th and 20th Century AD. The deities of the district are mainly Goddess Bhadrakali or Bhagavathy, Lord Vishnu, Lord Siva, Lord Ganapathy, Lord Subramanya, Lord Sastha etc based on various kalpa or sankalpa (concept). Combination of sankalpa such as Sankara-Narayana, Lakshmy-Narayana, Siva-Vishnu, Siva-Parvathy, Siva-Subramaya etc are also there. Number of temples based on various sankalpa is given below: