Parthasarathy temple, Parthivapuram
Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
Parthasarathy Temple, also spelled Parthasarathi Temple, is a 9th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. Spread over 2.5 acres, the temple is notable for the extensive records about it that have been discovered in Huzur Plates of Kollam. The inscriptions on these plates describe how the temple was built along with a salai for 95 students to study the Vedas and other subjects in the Taittiriya, Talavakara and Bhavishya śākhas.
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Where it is
Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Parassala railway station (PASA), about 9 km by road.
- By air: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV), about 45 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Attukal Bhagavathy Temple – Attukal, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram (about 40 km)
- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram (about 42 km)
- Bhagavathy Amman Temple (Kumari Amman Temple), Kanyakumari – Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari), at the southern tip of India (about 59 km)
- Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur – Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district (on the shore of the Gulf of Mannar) (about 135 km)
- Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple – Aranmula, Pathanamthitta district, on the south bank of the Pamba river (about 161 km)
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