Monday 28 November 2011

Sreekanteswaram Temple


Location: Sreekanteswaram, Near East fort, Trivandrum, 3 km from Trivandrum Central Railway Station and KSRTC Bus Stand and 1 km from Sree padmanabha Swami Temple.

Main Deity: Lord Shiva.

Other Deities: Sree Mahaganapathy, Sree Dharmasastha,Sree Nagaraja,Sree Murukan,Sree Anjaneya and Sree Krishna 

Festivals: 'THIRUVATHIRA' star in the Malayalam month of Dhanu [considered the birthday of the Lord] - customarily the most important temple festival.
Shivarathri in the Malayalm month of Kumbham.

Dress Code: Like other shiva temples men can't wear shirt like any one inside the sreekovil.


Sreekanteswaram - temple of Lord Shiva, located south-west from the Old Sreekanteswaram temple. 

This temple has around 700 years old. The main idol faces east. Lord Shiva is in the form of Shiva lingam that faces on the east.

According to the popular legend, there was an old sweeper-maid who worked in Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple. She used to take rest after the work under the shade of a tree, keeping the broom and the pot called Kalayakkudam beside her. One day when she tried to lift the pot, it did not move and she tried to break the pot using a stone. All of a sudden, she found that the pot was bleeding. It is said that Lord Shiva gave darshan to the old lady in the form of Swayambhu Shiva Lingam.

The temple elephant called "Shivakumar" is ore than 45 years old and has a bull called "Neelakantan".  

Ruled by Travancore Devaswom Board.

Temple Timings:
3:30 AM - 12:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:30  PM


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