List of Names & Information on Famous Hindu Temples in Thiruvananthapuram City

Here you can find list of names and information (like history, architecture & facts) on ancient / old Hindu temples in Thiruvananthapuram, India. These Famous temples in Thiruvananthapuram city are most visited and most sought after best tourist places. You can also find photos of Thiruvananthapuram temples / mandir.

This temple place where it is built is called the Attukal and this temple name is Bhagavathi Temple, hence the place name is added first and called it as Attukal Bhagavathy Temple by its local peoples. For Keralite women's it is an equivalent to Shabari Mala Pilgrim, since women's carry few fire woods and all materials to prepare for pongal to offer this goddess in her temple premises. She is considered as divine women as Kanaki of Shilapathikaram and also an incarnation of Parvathi Devi.

This particular temple is one of the best known temples dedicated to lord Vishnu in all of Kerala. This temple is a highly revered one with scores of devotees visiting it every day. This temple is also referred to as Kashi of the South giving it an importance of a sanctified pilgrimage spot in the southern part of India. The avatar of Vishnu worshipped here is that of the Janardhana Swami whose statue is in the standing position with his right hand raised towards its mouth.

Karikkakom Devi Temple is locally known as the Sri Chamundi Devi Kshetram or Karikoath Amma. Sri Chamundi is a fierce goddess of epidemics, disaster and famines. She is worshiped here to safe guard this village. Sri Chamundi is worshiped in this temple is 3 forms. The 1st form is of Maha Chamundi which is her normal womanly form and is seen as normal hands holding with trident and sword. She is kept in the main central shrine and primary worship is done by its devotees here.

This temple is highly visited by people of the hindu faith mainly because here all three on the most importance can be worshipped at once. The temple is home to Brahma, Vishu and Shiva which can be found in no other temple in all of Kerala. Also in addition one can even pay their respects to Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Nagraja the king of serpents. The temple recognises almost all of the south Indian festivals but the Mahashivratri is the main festival celebrated here.

Mukkolakkal Bhagawathi Temple comes under the Travancore list of temple visit. It is the worship place for all sects in Hinduism. This temple is usually visited by the pilgrims soon after visiting the Sri Padmanabha Keshtra. Here the Bhagawathi is the Durga Devi or Maa. The word Bgagawathi is generally called for women goddesses in Malayalam language. Here Bhagawathi is considered to be powerful and self manifested one. Mukkolakkal Bhagawathi Ammai is what her devotees call her and worship.

The temple is visited by a lot of devotees of Krishna and is known to be one of the most revered sites of worship for his followers. The temple observes many festivals and celebrates them however with the Ashtami Rohini, Vishu, Navrathri and Mandal puja are celebrated with much grandeur. The main festival of the temple that people come to participate in is the Annual festival which is held during the month of Meenam according to the Malayalam calendar. This festival commences with the hoisting of a sacred flag atop the gopuram or temple gateway by the main priest.

Durga Bhagavathi, the word Bhagavathi literally means Devi, Maa or Goddess in Malayalam. The primary deity of this temple is Durga Devi. She is known to be the incarnation of the Adhi Para Sakthi. This temple is worshiped by all sects of Hinduism. This temple does not allow rituals and ceremonies such as Ottam, Divasam and Thottampaattu. Rest of all rituals is done here with avoiding red color flowers. This temple only uses Nandyarvattom, lotus, jasmine and tulsi petals and flowers.

The temple is one of the most visited temples in all of Kerala and is highly respected by those who follow Hinduism. The temple is known for its grand festivals which are held two times in a year other than the numerous other small celebrations of the year. The two main festivals celebrated here are the "Alpashy" festival and the "Panguni" festival. The first festival of Alpashy is held during the months of October-November while the latter one is celebrated takes place during the months of March-April.

The Iyyappa Swamy is worshiped as Lord Dharma Sastha or the Lord of righteousness. Iyyappa Swamy is the little demi god of Kerlaites who's original abode is on Shabri Hill's. He is a power full young god and is worshiped by all sects of Hinduism. His common addressing word is by Swami Saranam. He is a young male god who is a celibate and is mostly worshiped by the manhood. The women's do worship him but can't go to his holy abode place to Shabari Mala as a pilgrim. But women's are allowed to worship in his local temples such as this Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha temple.

The temple is a highly revered one and visited by Hindu devotees from all over the country. The temple is most well known for its idol of Goddess Bhadrakali who is also the presiding deity of the temple. The idol is referred to as Thirumudi in the local dialect. The idol that is worshipped in the temple is the largest one in all of the Goddess Kali temples situated in Kerala. Devotees from all over come to pay their respects and to see the idol which is covered in gold and precious stones.