Temples in Kerala

Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

A Divya Desam where Vishnu reclines on Adisesha, beheld through three doors.

Guruvayur Temple

Guruvayur, Kerala

Installed by Guru and Vayu, cherished as the child Unnikkannan.

Attukal Bhagavathy Temple

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Where a multitude of women light countless hearths to offer rice.

Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple

Sabarimala, Kerala

Where pilgrims climb the eighteen sacred steps to Ayyappa in yogic rest.

Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur

Thrissur, Kerala

The linga hidden beneath a mound of ghee, at the heart of Thrissur Pooram.

Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple

Chottanikkara, Kerala

Saraswati at dawn, Lakshmi at noon, Durga by evening, near Kochi.

Vaikom Mahadeva Temple

Vaikom, Kerala

Shiva as Vaikkathappan, one of three shrines devotees honour in a single day.

Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple

Ettumanoor, Kerala

Kerala murals of Shiva as Nataraja, and seven and a half golden elephants.

Ambalapuzha Sree Krishna Temple

Ambalapuzha, Kerala

The child Krishna as Parthasarathy, whose milk-rice payasam he won at chess.

Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple

Haripad, Kerala

Nagaraja, king of serpents, in a grove of thousands of naga images.

Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple

Aranmula, Kerala

On the Pamba, a Divya Desam honoured with a grand snake-boat regatta.

Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple

Thrikkakara (Kochi), Kerala

Where Vamana grew to Trivikrama and spanned the worlds, the heart of Onam.