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Abstract : Kerala located in the southern west coast of Indian subcontinent is an enriched state with its own cultural, linguistic and spiritual identities. It is also the land of temples where each temple exhibit its own signature by its geography, architecture, method of worship etc. Each temple in Kerala has a distinguished style of adaptation of Dravidian culture or south Indian tradition which can be identified clearly from its architecture. Kerala emple architecture also adopts various architectural styles like Japanese rchitecture, Nepal architecture etc. It also has evident architectural influence of several “Buddhist” and “Jain” ideologies. Therefore, Kerala emples become a perfect representation of cultural and artistic piece of figure. Rather than just being an art they represent human way of living, their beliefs and practices and there by the society. Thus, this paper tempts to explore architecture of Kerala temples and therefore the spirituality.