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High medieval · Hindu · India

Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · 8.4875°, 76.9525°

Shiva as Gowri Shankara (with Parvati)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
over 700 years old
Undetermined

History & significance

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.

Sthala katha — the legend

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.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined