Adikesava Perumal Temple
Tamil Nadu
The Adikesava Perumal Temple is a Perumal temple located in Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams, the holy sites of Hindu Vaishnavism in existing Tamil hymns from the seventh and eighth centuries CE. The temple is one of the historic thirteen Divya Desams of Malai Nadu. The temple is a picturesque setting surrounded on three sides by rivers namely, It was the Rajya Temple and Bharadevatha shrine of Erstwhile Travancore. After state reorganisation, the temple was handed over to Tamil Nadu H&RCE Dept. Since Vishnu resides here in a reclining position, and is surrounded by rivers, the temple is called as "The Srirangam of Chera Kingdom".
From the Wikipedia article Adikesava Perumal Temple, Thiruvattar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Parassala railway station (PASA), about 14 km by road.
- By air: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (TRV), about 52 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Attukal Bhagavathy Temple – Attukal, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram (about 47 km)
- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram (about 49 km)
- Bhagavathy Amman Temple (Kumari Amman Temple), Kanyakumari – Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari), at the southern tip of India (about 52 km)
- Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur – Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district (on the shore of the Gulf of Mannar) (about 121 km)
- Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple – Sabarimala, Perunad, Pathanamthitta district (inside Periyar Tiger Reserve) (about 156 km)
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