Keleswaram Mahadeva Temple

Keleswaram
village
Keleswaram

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 8°25′0″N 77°0′0″E / 8.41667°N 77.00000°E / 8.41667; 77.00000Coordinates: 8°25′0″N 77°0′0″E / 8.41667°N 77.00000°E / 8.41667; 77.00000
Country  India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Population (2001)
  Total 36,836
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 695042
Vehicle registration KL-

Keleswaram Mahadeva Temple is a temple for Lord Shiva situated in Keleswaram, a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] This place is located between Peringammala and Punnamoodu .

Geography

It is located at.[2]

The management of the temple

The temple comes under the control of Travancore Devaswom Board.

Important days

Maha Shivaratri and Thiruvathira are the days which attract a huge crowds to the temple.

Darshan

One of the speciality of this temple is, shivlinga faces towards west. it is rarely seen. Darshan timings :

Deities and sub-deities

The main deity of the temple is Hindu god Shiva. There are many upadevathas (sub-deities) adjacent to the temple, and it has remaded, according to the Deva Prashnam by expert astrologers recently.

The main upadevathas on the premises are

  1. Lord Vishnu
  2. Durga
  3. Lord Ganesh
  4. Nagaraja
  5. Lord Murugan
  6. Lord Ayyappan

References

  1. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. http://wikimapia.org/29493582/Keleswaram-Bus-Stop Wikimapia

See also


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