Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Sreekanteshwaram temple, Trivandrum, Kerala

Sreekanteshwaram, is an ancient temple  right in the heart of the city.  This  is also very close to  Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple. The temple is quite  small, constructed in typical Kerala style and wood work here is artistically done  and visible in the images displayed below. This is visited by locals everyday.
Siva  is the main deity here and Lord Vishnu is also worshipped here.
The Sivalinga here, is believed to be a Swayambhu ( self manifestation) and there are sub shrines for Ganesha and Ayyapa.
Please check this link for more details. http://sreekanteswaramtemple.com/









19 comments:

P.N. Subramanian said...

Though I had been to Thiruvananthapuram, learnt about ths temple fro you post only. The Nandi is excellent.

chitra said...

Thanks PNS, You can include these temples in your next visit.

R Niranjan Das said...

Been to Ananthapadmanabha swamy temple and ganapathy temple. Never been here. Looks nice.

chitra said...

I just included a few popular temples in and around the padmanabha temple.@ Niranjan

Insignia said...

Wow! Another temple that I learn of Chitra ma'am. Will sure have this temple in my list. The Nandi looks cute :)

Sridharan said...

Very Nice Chitra..

chitra said...

Bindu..I am happy you appreciate my posts.:)

chitra said...

Thanks Sridharan. Hardly see your posts these days.

Felicity Grace Terry said...

Great to have another post from you. Its been a while and I've missed you my virtual visits to all these wonderful places. I'm totally intrigued by your mention of a Swayambhu .... interesting, very interesting.

chitra said...

Happy to see you here Tracy( PW)

Arti said...

So beautiful, always feel like I am doing a pilgrimage along with you.

SG said...

Thanks for introducing this beautiful temple. Nandi is very majestic.

Ramakrishnan said...

Nice temple.Visited in 2012. All Kerala temples are perfect examples of cleanliness and Godliness.

chitra said...

Thanks a lot Ramakrishnan. haven't seen this kind of cleanliness anywhere.

chitra said...

thanks Ashok:)

chitra said...

the feeling is mutual Arti.:)

chitra said...

thanks PW. Swambhu are self manifestation.

chitra said...

thanks a lot SG.

Krishna/കൃഷ്ണ said...

nice info with photos

thanks