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Varinjam Sree Subramanya Swamy Temple

Nadakkal, Chathannoor, Kollam district, Kerala · 8.8525°, 76.7394°

Subramanya Swamy (Murugan)UndeterminedKerala architecture
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Murugan temple at Nadakkal near Chathannoor in Kollam district, built in the Kerala style and a long-standing local place of worship.

Sthala katha — the legend

A fisherman named Kumaran is said to have found a golden image of Subrahmanya while fishing and to have raised the temple where it was enshrined.

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Sources

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