Sreenarayanapuram Mahavishnu Temple is an ancient
Vishnu temple in
Kerala,
India. It is at
Manakala
Manakala is a town in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India. It is located in Adoor Thaluk. Manakala is the hometown of the prominent film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Etymology
The name Manakala has an uncertain etymology. ''Manakala ...
(in
Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...
) about from
Adoor.
Location
This temple is located at an altitude of about 56.64 m above the mean sea level with the
geographic coordinates of
in Manakala.
Festivals
Sreenarayanapuram Temple is known for the annual
Dasavatara
The Dashavatara ( sa, दशावतार, ) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word ''Dashavatara'' derives from , meaning "ten", an ...
chartu festival.
Dasavatarachartu is a ten-day celebration; each day one
Avatar of
Mahavishnu from Dasavatara is worshiped. Sreenarayanapuram is one of the few Vishnu temples in
Kerala where a Dasavatarachartu festival is conducted.
References
External links
GeoHack - Sreenarayanapuram Temple
Sreenarayanapuram Temple
{{Hindu temples in Kerala
Hindu temples in Pathanamthitta district
Vishnu temples
See also
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List of Hindu temples in Kerala
This is a list of famous Hindu temples in Kerala ordered by district.
Alappuzha
Ernakulam
Idukki
Kannur
Kasaragod
Kollam
Kottayam
Kozhikkode
Malappuram
Palakkad
Pathanamthitta
Thiruvananthapuram
...
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Temples of Kerala
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Manakala
Manakala is a town in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India. It is located in Adoor Thaluk. Manakala is the hometown of the prominent film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Etymology
The name Manakala has an uncertain etymology. ''Manakala ...
*
Dasavatara
The Dashavatara ( sa, दशावतार, ) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word ''Dashavatara'' derives from , meaning "ten", an ...