Temple Name:
Alternate Spellings:
Ambalapuzha SreeKrishna Temple
Listing Category
Significance:
Fame | Freedom from diseases | Wealth | Courage | Relief from adverse effects from bad planetary aspects | Relief from bondage
Location:
Ambalapuzha
Address:
Komalapuram, Ambalapuzha, Alappuzha
688561
688561
District:
Alapuzha
Google Tag:
9.3832858,76.369503
Phone No:
0477 227 2090
Email id:
NA
Temple Timings:
3:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Temple Type:
Dewaswom
Presiding deity:
Lord Krishna
Sub Deities:
NA
Offerings:
Pal Payasam
Festivals:
Ambalapuzha Arattu, Ambalapuzha Moolakazhcha, Champakulam Boat Race
Updated on:
05/07/2019 by Komal
Temple Name:
Alternate Spellings:
Aruvakkad Devi
Listing Category
Significance:
Salvation | Wealth | Relief from diseases | Purchase of vehicles | Gain Knowledge
Location:
Punnapra
Address:
Salem – Kochi Highway, Aravukadu, Punnapra, Alappuzha, Kerala
688004
688004
District:
Alapuzha
Google Tag:
10.7047866,76.5935134
Phone No:
0477 228 7655
Email id:
info@aravukadtemple.com
Temple Timings:
05:00 am – 09:00 am 05:00 pm – 08:30 pm
Temple Type:
Other
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Aravukad Kshethrayogam
Presiding deity:
Aravukad Amma
Sub Deities:
NA
Updated on:
05/07/2019 by Komal
Temple Name:
Listing Category
Significance:
This temple is famous for ‘Swayamvara Puspanjali’ (Floral Offering) which helps for removing obstacles for marriage of girls.
Location:
Cherthala
Address:
Cherthala Road, Kodathikavala, Cherthala, Kerala
688524
688524
District:
Alapuzha
Google Tag:
9.686°N 76.3416°E
Phone No:
094474 73092
Email id:
NA
Temple Timings:
05:30am to 11:00am | 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Temple Type:
Dewaswom
Presiding deity:
Karthyayani Devi
Sub Deities:
‘Dharma Sastha’ who is Ayyappan | Lord Shiva and Krishna is also worshipped here.
Offerings:
Archana, Rakta Pushpanjali (flower offerings),Swayamvara Pushpanjali, Muzhukappu (adorning the deity with sandalwood paste),and so on for the Devi. For Lord Sastha ‘Neerajanam’ and a special offering known as ‘Aalthadi’ is performed. The ‘Vazhipadu'(Offering) ‘Aalthadi’ is offered by the devotees in the belief that their physical ailments will be removed. ‘Thalappoli’ is also an important offering here: a lighted oil lamp is placed on a flower decorated plate and women carry them accompanying Devi’s processions etc.
Festivals:
Usually in other temples of Kerala, during the annual festival, ‘Aarattu’ is a ritual held once annually. At Chottanikara Devi Temple[2] Aarattu is held every day during festival. At Cherthala Karthyayani Temple ‘Aarattu’ is held twice every day during the annual festival. Karthika Star day in the Malayalam month of Vrichikam is also well celebrated.
History:
It is believed that the famous Indian Saint Vilwamangalam Swamiyar consecrated Devi in this temple. While he was going back after consecrating ‘Padmanabha Swamy’ at Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram[1] he saw Devi at this place and consecrated her in this place is the popular belief. The deity ‘Cherthala Karthyayani Devi’ is famous as ‘Mangalya Dayini’ in the sense she provides welfare and prosperity for her devotees and removes obstacles for the marriage of young girls.
Updated on:
05/07/2019 by Komal
Temple Name:
Alternate Spellings:
Puliyoor Mahavishnu Temple
Listing Category
Location:
Thirupuliyur
Address:
Chengannur Kollakadavu Road, Puliyoor, Kerala
689510
689510
District:
Alapuzha
Google Tag:
9°18′07″N 76°35′09″E
Phone No:
9947831069, 0479-246 4825, +91-479-2464900
Website:
Email id:
thirupuliyoortemple@gmail.com
Temple Timings:
4 am to 11:00 am and 5 pm to 8 pm
Temple Type:
Dewaswom
Presiding deity:
Mayapiran(MahaVishnu) Porkodi Naachiyaar(MahaLakshmi)
Sub Deities:
NA
Festivals:
The two major festivals celebrated in the temple are Vaikunta Ekadasi and Thiruvonam.[10] The main annual festival for ten days each year in the month of Medam (April/May). The temple is under the administration of the Travancore Devaswom Board. Mayapiran is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabhandam, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Nammazhwar and Thirumangai Alvar. The temple is classified as a Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the temple finds mention in several works like 108 Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar.[5] The Aaaratu festival during the Tamil month of Margazhi and the Kavadiattam during the month of Thai are the major festivals celebrated in the temple. As per literary mention, Thripuliyoor was a division of a large town historically. One of the twelve regions was Kuttanadu in which the temple is located. The Vimanam, the roof over the sanctum is called Purushasukta Vimanam as the seven sages, the Saptarishis, performed penance.
History:
It is one of the five ancient shrines in the Chengannur area of Kerala, connected with the legend of Mahabharata. Legend has it that the Pandava princes, after crowning Parikshit as king of Hastinapura left on a pilgrimage.
On arriving on the banks of river Pamba, each one is believed to have installed idols of Krishna; Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple by Yudhishthira, Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple by Bheema, Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple by Arjuna, Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple by Nakula and Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple by Sahadeva.
It is said that this Place is constructed and built by Bhima, one of the Panja – Paandavaas.
He worshipped this sthalaperumal, Maayapiraan. Sapta Rishis – Atthri, Vasishtar, Kaasyapar, Gouthamar, Bharadwajar, Vishvamitra and Jamadagni got the seva of this Maayapiraan along with porkodi Naachiyaar and through Indra, it is said that all these Saptarishis got their Mukti towards the Emperumaan.
On arriving on the banks of river Pamba, each one is believed to have installed idols of Krishna; Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple by Yudhishthira, Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple by Bheema, Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple by Arjuna, Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple by Nakula and Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple by Sahadeva.
It is said that this Place is constructed and built by Bhima, one of the Panja – Paandavaas.
He worshipped this sthalaperumal, Maayapiraan. Sapta Rishis – Atthri, Vasishtar, Kaasyapar, Gouthamar, Bharadwajar, Vishvamitra and Jamadagni got the seva of this Maayapiraan along with porkodi Naachiyaar and through Indra, it is said that all these Saptarishis got their Mukti towards the Emperumaan.
Updated on:
05/07/2019 by Komal
Temple Name:
Alternate Spellings:
Sri Imayavarappa Perumal Temple
Listing Category
Location:
Chengannur
Address:
Chengannur, Kerala
689121
689121
District:
Alapuzha
Google Tag:
9°19′36″N 76°36′15″E
Phone No:
0479 245 6672
Email id:
NA
Temple Timings:
4 AM to 11:00 AM | 5 PM to 8 PM
Temple Type:
Dewaswom
Presiding deity:
Imayavarappa Perumal (Vishnu)
Sub Deities:
NA
Festivals:
The two major festivals celebrated in the temple are Vaikunta Ekadasi and Thiruvonam.
From 1957, the festival of Gosala Krishna Temple at Thiruvanvandoor commences from Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu temple when 25 caparisoned elephants are paraded to the Thiruvanvandoor.
From 1957, the festival of Gosala Krishna Temple at Thiruvanvandoor commences from Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu temple when 25 caparisoned elephants are paraded to the Thiruvanvandoor.
History:
Earliest references to this temple appear in the poems and hymns composed by the greatest of Alvar saints – Nammalvar, in circa 800 AD. Stone inscriptions in the temple date it back to the Second Chera Empire (800 – 1102 AD).[5] In modern times, the temple is administered by Travancore Devaswom Board of the Government of Kerala.[6] There are no historical records to indicate when the temple was built. As per local legend, the temple was believed to have been built by Devas.
It is one of the five ancient shrines in the Chengannur area of Kerala, connected with the legend of Mahabharata. Legend has it that the Pandava princes, after crowning Parikshit as king of Hastinapura left on a pilgrimage. On arriving on the banks of river Pamba, each one is believed to have installed a tutelary image of Krishna; Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple by Yudhishthira, Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple by Bheema, Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple by Arjuna, Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple by Nakula and Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple by Sahadeva.
During Mahabharata war, Yudhishthira, the head of the Pandavas, who never before uttered a lie, lied in one instant to defeat his Guru, Dronacharya. To overcome the sin of the lie, he underwent penance worshiping the lord here. Imayavar (Devas) came to this place prior to Yudhishthira and hence the deity here is referred as Imayavarappar.[3] There is another version that the Pandavas worshipped the idols during the reign and started installing them in different places during the end of the reign.
Thiruchittattu temple, is considered to be one among the 108 most sacred place of worship, where Lord Vishnu himself resides.
It is one of the five ancient shrines in the Chengannur area of Kerala, connected with the legend of Mahabharata. Legend has it that the Pandava princes, after crowning Parikshit as king of Hastinapura left on a pilgrimage. On arriving on the banks of river Pamba, each one is believed to have installed a tutelary image of Krishna; Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple by Yudhishthira, Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple by Bheema, Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple by Arjuna, Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple by Nakula and Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple by Sahadeva.
During Mahabharata war, Yudhishthira, the head of the Pandavas, who never before uttered a lie, lied in one instant to defeat his Guru, Dronacharya. To overcome the sin of the lie, he underwent penance worshiping the lord here. Imayavar (Devas) came to this place prior to Yudhishthira and hence the deity here is referred as Imayavarappar.[3] There is another version that the Pandavas worshipped the idols during the reign and started installing them in different places during the end of the reign.
Thiruchittattu temple, is considered to be one among the 108 most sacred place of worship, where Lord Vishnu himself resides.
Updated on:
05/07/2019 by Komal