Sasthamangalam Sree Mahadevar Temple

Super Mario 21 months ago

The Sasthamangalam Mahadevar Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in the Sasthamangalam ward of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, Kerala State, India. It is located on top of a hill away from the city centre to promote the spiritual tranquility of the shrine. The temple is more than 700 years old according to the available records, and was regularly visited by the Kings of Travancore. It is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board.

Btw copied from Wikipedia, lol

vinay chandran 60 months ago

One of the Parashurama kshetra in Thiruvananthapuram district,,As seen in earlier records the name is 'Chathamangalam',The king of Thiruvithankoor offered Darshan with a his all Rajabhushanas & ornaments. Here the Bali stone is very big. Upadevas are Ganapathy, Ayyappa and Murugan.

Shri Parashurama is an avatar of Shri Vishnu. He was born to sage Jamadagni. He got blessed with the parashu (axe) as he pleased Lord Shiva with his tapas. So he got the title "Parashu"Rama.

There was a powerful king called Kartaviryarjuna. He wanted to forcefully take away the Kamadhenu that was in the hermitage of sage Jamadagni. As the sage did not allow his brutal act, Kartaviryarjuna killed Jamadagni. When Parashuram got to know about this, he realized the way the ruling class is misusing the power. So he fought with Kartaviryarjuna and killed him. He further cleansed the misbehaving rulers of 21 generations.

Subsequently, he did penance for the wrath by worshiping Lord Shiva. He wanted to focus on tapas. So, by divine order, he threw his axe into the sea to reclaim the land from the ocean as far as the axe went. Thus reclaimed land is called Parashurama Kshetra. This land extends from Gokarna in the north to Suchindram in south. Parashurama worshiped Lord Shiva in the 108 places in this Parasuram Kshetra.

These temples are located in very scenic places across the length of Kerala. The yatra to these, when taken aligned with nature, would be a blissful experience!

Ajaya Kumar G 21 months ago

An old but well maintained Shiva temple located at pipenmoodu near Sasthamangalam where the pujas are performed by experienced pujari. One can find peace of mind while visiting the temple. The vazhipadu details are displayed at the office. The temple is under the control of Travancore Devasom Board.