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Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · 8.4875°, 76.9525°
A Shiva temple in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram, reckoned more than seven centuries old and run by the Travancore Devaswom Board; the older Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram temple is held to be the deity's original seat. Its ten-day festival falls in Dhanu, with the arattu on Thiruvathira day.
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.
An elderly sweeper from the old Sreekanteswaram temple is said to have rested at this spot, received a vision of Shiva, and found the self-manifested lingam there.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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