Temples of Kerala
6 temples, grouped by district.
Thiruvananthapuram district
Attukal's goddess is Bhadrakali, also known as Kannaki, the heroine of the Silappatikaram. In the epic Kannaki's husband Kovalan is wrongly executed in Madurai for the theft of the queen's anklet; she proves his…
In the account drawn from the temple's palm-leaf records, the sage Divakara Muni Vilwamangalam shelters an orphaned child who is in fact Vishnu. When the sage scolds him in anger, the child disappears into the…
Thrissur district
As Dwaraka is about to be submerged, an image of Vishnu worshipped there is entrusted to Guru (Brihaspati) and Vayu, the wind god. They carry it south looking for a site, and Shiva directs them to a lakeside in what…
The region's main temple festival was once at Arattupuzha, south of Thrissur. When rain delayed several Thrissur temples and they were refused entry for arriving late, their officials appealed to Raja Rama Varma of…
Ernakulam district
The deity is a self-manifested laterite form, the Rudraksha Sila, shared on its pedestal with Mahavishnu, and worshipped as Saraswathy, Lakshmi and Durga through the day. Legend credits Adi Shankaracharya with…
Pathanamthitta district
The demoness Mahishi can be killed only by a child of Vishnu and Shiva, so Vishnu as Mohini bears such a child, who is found in the forest by King Rajasekhara of Pandalam and named Manikandan. When a scheming…