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Kulathupuzha, Punalur, Kollam district, Kerala · 8.9010°, 77.0591°
One of the five major Sastha temples of Kerala, where the deity is worshipped as a child and known as the Kulathupuzha Balakan; it is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board. Devotees seeking relief from skin ailments make the Meenoottu offering of feeding the fish in its pond, which shelters the endangered Tor khudree and Hypselobarbus thomassi.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Sastha is said to have allowed a mermaid-like being drawn to him to live on in the temple pond in the form of a fish.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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