High medieval · Hindu · India

Mannanthala Anandavaleeswaram Temple

Mannanthala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · 8.5564°, 76.9438°

Parvati (Anandavalli)UndeterminedNorth Indian

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A temple in the Mannanthala suburb of Thiruvananthapuram whose goddess was formerly worshipped as Bhadrakali with animal sacrifice. Sree Narayana Guru ended the practice and reconsecrated the shrine, directing that the deity be worshipped as Parvati; Vinayaka, Subramanya and Nagaraja have subsidiary shrines.

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