Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple
- Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple
The Mahavishnu Kshetram (temple) at Thrikodithanam is one of the five Vishnu temples associated with the five Pandava brothers, the principal characters of the Mahabharata. It is believed that Sahadeva, one of the brothers, performed penance at this site. This temple is also counted among the "108 Temples & Celestial Abodes of Vishnu", which make a Vaishnavite's pilgrimage itinerary, in India. [cite web]
publisher=Divyadesomonline
work=108 Sri Vishnu Temples
url=http://www.divyadesamonline.com/hindu-temples.asp
title=108 Sri Vishnu Temples
accessdate=2006-11-01] Earliest references to this temple appear in the poems and hymns composed by the greatest of Alvar saints - Nammalvar, in circa 800 AD. Stone inscriptions in the temple date it back to the Second Chera Empire (800 - 1102 AD). [Temples of Kerala.cite book|title=Temples of Kerala, page 304-305
author=S. Jayashanker, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala (Census of India, Special Studies)
month=May | year=1997
accessdate=2007-04-14]
Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Kshetram is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), an autonomous body under Government of Kerala. TDB has classified this shrine among 224 "Major Temples" of Kerala.[cite web]
publisher=Travancore Devaswom Board
work=Major Temples of Kerala
url=http://www.travancoredevaswom.org/majortemples.html
title=Major Temples of Kerala
accessdate=2006-11-01] Thrikodithanam is located is located 2.5 KM from Changanassery town, in Kottayam district, Kerala, India.
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