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Aranmula, Kerala · 9.3281°, 76.6879°
A riverside Divya Desam on the Pamba, home of the spectacular Aranmula snake-boat race rowed during Onam and of the village craft of the Aranmula kannadi metal mirror. Among the Pandava shrines of the region it is linked to Arjuna.
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.
Arjuna is said to have built the shrine in atonement for slaying the unarmed Karna, bringing the image on a raft of six bamboos - the 'aran-mula'.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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