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Home > Kerala Temples > Introduction to Kerala Temples > Eighteenth Century AD Eighteenth Century ADThe Mysorean invasions, which took place at the second half of the 18th century,resulted in religious excesses. “they resorted to forcible conversion and destruction of temples in order to achieve their political aim’ since these conquests were centered in the Malabar district and the northern part of princely state of Kochi (Cochin) the temples which were destroyed were mostly pertaining to this region.some of the very ancient temples were ransacked, demolished or desecrated while few of them were left untouched. The temples in travancore were free from this onslaught and some of the temples in this region were temporary abodes of the idols of those ancient temples. A notable feature in this period is the collapse of Kshethra sankethams. The Sankethams lost their importance then they got themselves involved in politics. To cite an example, the Yogaathiri of Sree Vatakkunaathhan temple, Thrissur was involved in the conflicts between Samoothiri (Zamorin) and Raja of Kochi (Cochin) which resulted in the discontinuance of Vatakkunaatha Sanketham in 930 ME (1755 AD) By the Raja of Cochin and the latter assumed full control of this temple besides taking over other important temples in the cochin state. << back
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