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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.