Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple

Highlights

• Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple is an ancient Lord Subhramanya temple near Pandalam in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India.
• This temple has two Sreekovils (sanctum sanctorum).
• Both Sreekovils are round (vatta).
• It is an age old temple whispering several fascinating legends of the bygone eras.
• It is one of the two major Subhramanya swamy temples in pathanamthitta district.

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Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •The evolution of Thumpamon Sreevadkkumnatha temple is closely related to the evolution of other great temples in Kerala and the Kerala’s social and cultural history.
• •Historians divide the history of Kerala temples into four stages: 1.
• •Earliest shrines (Before 300 BC) 2.
• •Age of Jain temples (ca.
• •300 BC to 500 AD) 3.

Architecture

• •The general form of Thumpamon Sree Vadkkumnatha temple is based on the Pancha-Prakara Layout-scheme of the traditional Kerala temples.
• •The Bhakti movement and resurgence of Hinduism also marked the revival of temple construction.
• •According to Kularnava Tantra human body itself is a temple and Sadashiva or Paramathma is the deity in this temple.
• •This Sidhantha (theory) is adopted in the construction of Kerala Temples.

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