The temple is governed by the Aazhimala Shiva Temple Devaswom Trust. The trust organizes the annual festival and makes important decisions regarding temple affairs.[2]
The architectural style of the temple is similar to the temples of Tamil Nadu. The outer wall and gopuram are decorated and adorned by colorful sculptures of different Hindu deities like Ganesha, Ayyappan, Vishnu, Kartikeya and Hanuman. The shrines of the principal deity and other subordinate deities are also vibrant, with carvings, murals and decorations.[5]
Inside the temple, there is an Шаблон:Convert tall concrete sculpture of Shiva in Шаблон:Lang figure.[6] It was sculpted by P. S. Devadathan, a native of Aazhimala.[7] Construction of the sculpture started on 2 April Шаблон:Date and was completed and opened to the public on Шаблон:Date.[8] It is currently the tallest Шаблон:Lang sculpture in India and the tallest Shiva sculpture in Kerala.[9]
The sculpture depicts a four-armed Shiva in a seated posture. The back right hand holds a damaru, the front right hand rests in the right thigh, the back left hand holds a trishula and the front left hand is in a raised position within the jaṭā (dreadlocks), which holds Ganga.[1] The sculpture is mounted on a rock at a height of Шаблон:Convert.[7]
Deities
The principal deity of the temple is Shiva. Ganesha and Parvati are the subordinate deities.[10] There is also a small shrine for Yogeshvara.
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