Sri Narayana puram , thrukayyil Maha Vishnu temple, Ezhuppana

 Sri Narayana puram  , thrukayyil    Maha Vishnu  temple, Ezhuppana

 

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

 

      This temple is that  of Baby  Krishna  , holding SAnkhu  , CHakram, Gadha  Padmam in his hands .It is believed  it is from of Lord  Vishnu  when he was  born to Devaki

       It is situated in a place called Ezhuppana, near  Chengannoor. It is  1.5 Km from NH 47 between Eramalloor and Chandiroor

     It is believed that Deity in the temple is at least  1500 years old.  God Vishnu’s statue  is facing east. . Other deities here  are Ganapathi, Subrahmanya, Shiva, Sasta, Bhadrakali, Nagayakshi and Sarppam. Within the Nalambalam lies the shrine of Ganapathi at the south-west corner. Nagayakshi, Sarppadivangal shrines are  in NE corner.The Sasta and Shiva shrines are at the SW corner outside the Nalambalam.  Bhadrakali shrine is on the left side.  The Srikovil is round-shaped so the roof is conical and the roof of Nalambalam is copper plated. The other Kerala temple features  Balikkalpura, Chembu dhwajam (flag pole) and Anappanthal are very much here.
   The annual festival is held in Makaram month(January-February) and lasts for 8 days.  The God is taken in a  procession  to the river for immersion(aaattu)   and return.Ashtami Rohini,Navarathri , thiruonam, Deepavali aaannnd Vishu   are  also celeberated in the temple.

     There is a laksharchana   and deepa Kazhcha   festival , which is held once  in 12 years in this temple. The last Deepa Kaazhcha was in 2012 . The next such festival is in 2024

      Eroor Pulayannoor Mana has the supreme authority over this temple. The Trust is formed in 1979 it has the right to select  9 members who serve as Devaswam members for the temple. functionalities.

Address

Sri  Narayana puram temple

Ezhupunna-688537

Kerala 

+91 476 2875991

 

Timings    up to 8 pm  (detail  timings  not known to me)

 

Azhimala Mahadeva temple

 Azhimala  Mahadeva temple

 

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P.R.Ramachander

 

    Azhimala means  , the mountain near  the ocean .The original  name  of the temple  is Azhi mala pulinkudi  Mahadeva kshethram and  it is about  25 km from  Trivandrum town,It is believed   that once upon a  time  Pandavas   were  hiding there.It seems one day  Panchali  felt thirsty   and Bheemasena   broke a rock and created a stream there.This is called Kanneerkuzhy( pit of tears)

 

     Pulinkudi is near Vizhinjam harbor. It seems a great  Vedic pundit  named Neelaniyeru   was  living there ,Impressed by his knowledge, the king had presented him large   area of land there. It seems he fel in love with grand daughter  of the wrestler of the king and was expelled by his family,.He got married to girl and started   doing pooja to this pulinkudi Mahadeva    temple.Later he attained  Samadhi there, Swami  Narayana guru later  visited that  place  and felt the vibtations of God  in that place   and he consecrated a shiva statue there  .Later   the present temple was built  by the people  living in this area. The temple   has been maintained well  , with frequent    ashta bandha kumbabhishekams

   Recently a 58 feet tall gangadhareswara  concrete statue was  sculpted there  by  Sri P.S.Devanathan .He took 6 years  to complete this difficult task.It was  made  in such a way   that  it does not affect  the beauty of the sea .

 

     The temple is open fro   5 am to  9 Am  and 5pm to 8 pm

The address of the temple is

Aazhimala Siva Temple
Pulinkudi, Mulloor PO,
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala – 695521

Phone  +91 4712268422

aazhimalamahadevatemple@gmail.com

 

Azhimala Shiva Temple is roughly at about a distance of 20 km from Trivandrum on the way to Balaramapuram through Kovalam. You can avail local modes of transport to reach here from any corner of the city.

Karamana Sathya Vageeswarar temple, Trivandrum

 Karamana   Sathya Vageeswarar  temple, Trivandrum

 Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

 

 The Karamana Temple is situated in the middle  of Karamana  Agraharam of Trivandrum. It is  believed   that sage Khara  consecrated the Shiva idol on the Karamana   river bank( once called Vanamala river) facing south  and worshipped it, he called it  SAthya  Vagheeswaran (God  who protects  truth) .Since it was place where  Khara lived , it was called  “khara mana”   and later it became kara mana

    Over years  the place attracted  lot of Vedic Scholars   who started living around the temple . They were once attacked  by epidemics and  “deva prasna(questioning god)  “ revealed that they   have  to consecrate  a goddess  also in this temple. One of them got a dream that  the  statue of the Goddess  is available in the Madhura temple pond. The villagers   went to Madhura Temple and searched in the pond and got a devi statute.It seems it was  a rejected  statute of Madurai temple   and they called it  “aavudai amman” . That  Devi Idol was brought in palanquin on the shoulders of devout bhakthas (the palanquin bamboo is still kept at the temple).This  goddess was consecrated in the same room as Lord Shiva., towards  his left side  This is extremely rare  phenomena .In most  of the Shiva temples  , if Amman is there  she is consecrated in  a separate  temple

.Though the goddesx is referred to as Avudayamman , she is also called  Madhura Meenakshi as well    as Gomathi Amman and the temple is known as   Sri Gomathyamba  SAmedha   Sathya  Vagheeswara  temple.

       After the consecration of the Goddess , the village became prosperous and the Travancore king of thise days  presented land around the temple to Tamil speaking Brahmins

       The temple also has huge Nandi made of one stone  as well as    sub temples for Lord subrahmanya , Lord Ganesa and Lord Ayyappa. There is a trange practice  of ringing bells  before opening   the temple

 The most  important festival in the Temple  is Thai posam (12 days) During which  there  is procession of Amman  and Theethavari), Nava Rathri  , Akshaya  trithiya, Skanda sashti , Vinaya chathurthi etc. There  is puspabhishekam to the God Shiva in month of Makaram

The temple is open from 5.15 Am   to  11.30 Am,  and 5.30 Pm to 8.45 Pm

The temple can be contacted  by  telephone 0471-2345667