Attukal Temple & Sree Padamanabhaswamy Temple at Trivandrum

Attukal Temple & Sree Padamanabhaswamy Temple at Trivandrum

The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple & Attukal Temple are the most ancient temples in Trivandrum, India.

The Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple at Trivandrum, constructed in the Dravidian style has a 30-metre Gopuram (tower) and is adorned with 365 pillars, equaling the total number of days in a year. Vishnu is the prominent deity of the temple. A visitor can view the deity only through three different doors. There is a shrine of Lord Krishna with a finely carved prayer meeting venue and a shrine to Kshetrapala (the temple guardian) with an extraordinarily beautiful ceiling and fascinating murals on the inner walls. A hall with 1000 pillars could be seen outside the inner sanctum.

The Attukal Temple is a place of religious devotion towards goddess Bhagavathy and is located in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. It is popularly described as Sabarimala of the Women, as women form the major portion of devotees.

The Goddess Parvathi is the main deity in this temple. She was married to Kovalan who was the son of a wealthy merchant. But he met a dancer and spent all his wealth on her forgetting his wife. But when he lost all his wealth, he went back to Kannagi. Then the only valuable thing that remained to be sold was her pair of anklets. Thus they decided to sell it and went to the king of Madurai for the purpose. At the same time, a similar pair of anklets was stolen from the Queen. Thus when he tried to sell it, he was mistaken for the thief and was decapitated by the king's soldiers.

The temple is famous for the annual Attukal Pongala festival in which over a million of women take part. It is the greatest gathering of women on earth who come to defend their agonies by offering pongala to Attukal Bhagavati. Pongala is a purgation of emotion which results in figurative cleansing of the emotions leaving the mind calm and clean. Attukal Pongala has become a symbol of devotion and dedication to Devi, the Mother goddess and above all a celebration of womanhood. Pongala explores the inner chemistry of the body, mind and soul, thus recharging the devotee with a sublime happiness and makes her spiritually and mentally equipped to face the challenges of the future. It has also entered the Guinness Book of World Records twice as the largest gathering of women in the world.

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