Arayoor Major Sree Mahadevar Temple (ആറയൂർ ശ്രീ മഹാദേവർ) is one of the major worship places in

Arayoor Arayoor is a small village in Neyyattinkara Taluk in Thiruvananthapuram District, India. It comes under Chenkal Panchayath. It belongs to South Kerala Division. Arayoor is located 5 km from Parassala, 6 km from Neyyattinkara and 30&nbs ...

in Thiruvananthapuram district,

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, very close to

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border. It is a

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temple. Arayoor Shiva is fondly called Arayoorappan. The temple comes under the control of Travancore Devaswom Board. The Upaprathistas are Sree

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, Nandikesan, Lord

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, Bhoothathan, Nagaraja, and Yakshiyamma.

Festivals

Temple festival is one of the grandest festivals in

Neyyattinkara Neyyattinkara, is a Municipal Town and a major industrial and commercial hub located at the southern tip of Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala State, and also the headquarters of Neyyattinkara Taluk. The ...

Taluk, normally celebrated during February and March months. The festivities starts with Thrikkodiyettu (Hoisting of the Temple Flag ) on the first day. The traditional Ghoshayathra is on the 9th-day of the festival. Aarattu festival is the closing ceremony of the ten-day festival. On the Tenth day around evening, in a Solemn Ceremony the Flag is lowered and the Deity is then taken for the Aarattu (Holy Bath) in the nearby temple pond. A variety of cultural programmes are also arranged during these days.

Temple timings

The temple opens daily at 04:30 a.m., closes at 10:30 a.m., reopens at 05:30 p.m. and closes at 8.30 p.m. Website: https://www.arayoorsreemahadevatemple.in/

References

External links

GeoHack - Arayoor Sree Mahadevar Temple

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