Ambalapuzzha Sri Krishna Temple The temple is situated in
Ambalapuzha, a town in
Alapuzha district of
Kerala.The temple is built during 790 AD and is an important
Sree Krishna temple In Kerala.The '
Palpayasam' prasadam is very famous not only among devotees but all people across Kerala.
Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple The
Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple is situated in
Eranakulam district of Kerala.The main deity is '
Durga' or
Adiparasakthi.The deity is worshiped in three different forms as
Saraswathi in the morning ,
Bhadrakali at noon and as
Durga in the evening.The important festivals of the temple are
Makam thozhal and
Navarathri.The original idol of
Bhagavathi facing east is believed to be self-born.
Sree Guruvayoorappan Temple Situated around 28 Kms from the
Trichur district of Kerala ,The
Sree Guruvayoorappan temple is the most famous Sree Krishna Temple of Kerala.This is an importnat pilgrimage center of South India.The deity "
Guruvayoorappan' is aslo called '
Unnikannan'.At the start of the current
yuga,
Brihaspathi found a floating statuette of
Lord Krishna. He and
Vayu installed the statuette in this temple to help mankind in this
yuga. This legend forms the basis for the names of both the statuette (
Guruvayurappan) and the town.The temple is having the typical Kerala style architecture.Millions of devotees are visiting the temple every year.Non Hindus are not allowed to enter the temple as per the customs.
Vishu,
Ashtami Rohini,
Ekadasi and
Chembai Music festival are the important festivals of the temple.
Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple Located inside the east fort of
Trivandrum district of Kerala.The temple deity is
Lord Padmanabha ,a form of
Lord Vishnu.The prince
Marthanda Varma of erstwhile princely state
Travancore renovated the temple to its present form.He dedicated his kingdom to the deity, and pledged that he and his descendants would serve the kingdom as
Padmanabha Dasa, meaning "
servants of the Lord Padmanabha".The temple has a seven-tier tower (
Gopuram) and a Tank called
Padma theertham .
Navarathri festival is among the most famous festival of this temple.
Swathi music festival is held along with this festival.
Sabarimala Temple Probably this is the most famous temple of Kerala.
Sabarimala Sri Ayyapa Temple is located in the
western Ghats mountains.
Lord Ayyappan's temple is situated here in the midst of 18 hills.Sabarimala is believed to be the place where Ayyappan meditated after killing the powerful demon,
Mahishi.
Sabarimala is one of the most visited piligrim centres in the world with crores of devotees coming every year. The world's second largest annual pilgrimage, after
Haj in
Mecca, is reported to be to
Sabarimala. From the international airport of
Thiruvananthapuram (
Trivandrum), to Sabarimala is around 175 km. Similarly, from the international airport at
Kochi (
Cochin) it is around 200 km. The nearest railway stations to Sabarimala are
Kottayam and
Chengannur (93 km).
