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Most of the ancient temples are believed to have been conse sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu*. According to the legend K parasurama. The exact periods of installation of these temp www.YouTube.com/Shaitan temples have no recorded history as to by whom and when th Agni Property the Sree Subramanyaswami temple at Harippad is of conside No.1 Award Winning Property Company with 400+ New Projects in India ! and local tradition assigns its origin to the period before the co AgniProperty.com/PropertySpecialist fact all the early temples have some legends based on Cochin Flights all probability the idols of these ancient temples might have Get Lowest Airfares on Cochin Air Tickets. Hurry back, i.e, during the first 1000 years after the com Book Now! sthhalapuraanas mention that certain idols were installed in www.Yatra.com/Cochin temple), but there is no material evidence to prove it. At the 8 Day Kerala Tour at 9999 totally disown such contentions. The more reasonable appro Includes Deluxe Hotels+Meals+Tours+ Taxes+More.Limited Seats.Call NOW ! 2000 years before the commencement of the Christian er www.TravelPort.in/KeralaPackages namboothiris immigrated to kerala as early as circa 400 B.C Katyayana. Even before this immigration, in all probability, structures. In those days stone idols without any form symbo have been consecrated by Lord Parasurama or some Rshis. At a later period, enclosures or structures sanctity of the earlier installation. Installation of temples during the Christian era, which is now about historyh in the form of inscriptions, copper plates, devotional lyrics etc. A brief summary of temples centuries is given below. First to Fifth Centuries A.D Sixth to Eighth Centuries A.D Ninth to Eleventh Centuries A.D Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries A.D Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries A.D Eighteenth Century A.D Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries A.D
* The ten incarnations are Mathsya, Koorma, Varaaha, Narasimha, Vaamana, Parasurama, Rama, Balarama,
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were incarnated in the Kritha-Yuga, the next three in Thretha-Yuga and the eighth and nineth in Khalki (Khalgi), is yet to incarnate. (According to another version, Balarama is not included as an a considered as the ninth avathaar after Krishna.) Mathsya avatar first of the ten incarnations of lord vishnu
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Buddha avatar some believe to be one of the ten incarnations of lord vishnu
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** According to Dr. (Rev.) Hermann Gundert, Kerala (Pronounced as Keralam in Malayalam takes the name fr pronunciation of the word Cheram. Keralam thus means the country between Gokarnam and Kumari ( Kerala are given by Panini (beginning of 7th century B.C), Patanjali (B.C. 150), Pliny (1st century A.D), Pe (2nd century AD), and also in Kautilias Arthasasthra (4th Century BC), and in Kalidasas Reghuvamsa (Ch A.D), Thiruvilangad Plates of Rajendra Chola (1012-44) and Keralolpatthi (the Malayalam work most pro century). It is thus well established that Kerala from time immemorial existed as a recognized separate en give accounts of Kerala. [Epics (ithihaasa)are the history comprising studies in the form of advise on puraana should essentially satisfy certain characteristics like cosmogony (Sargam and Prathisargam (manvantharam) and genealogy (vamsanucharitham)]. There are 18 important puraanas, six each relating Brahmavivartha, Markendeya, Bhavishya and Vaamana relating to Brahma; and Vaayu, Linga, Skanda, Agn to Siva. The eighteen upa-puranas are Sanalkumaram, Naarasirhham, Naaradeeyam, Sivam, Durvasass, Vaarunam, Kaalikam, Saambam, Souram, Aadithyam, Maaheswaram, Devi Bhaagavatham, Neelamara]. As the legend narrates, Lord Parasurama, flung his parasu (axe) from Gokarinam (in Uttar Kan State) and it fell on Kanyakumari (presently in Tamil Nadu) whereupon the sea receded upto the spot wh land, which is the gift of the sea, is known as Kerala or Bhaargava-Kshethra or Parasurama Kshethra. existed at the time of Mahabali and Vaamana (the fifth incarnation of Maha Vishnu) and the former is su during Onam festival of the state. Geologists on the other hand believe that Kerala was formed owing to and the land emerged from the sea. There is another version that large quantities of silt and mud brought washed by the ocean currents contributed to the formation of a fertile tract with innumerable rivers, estuar the reason, kerala is unique in many respects as compared to the rest of India. It is a narrow strip of land
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on the west. The eastern part of the state has gneissic highlands with mountains, long spurs, extensive evergreen forests and large plantations. Except for the 12 passes the Sahyaadri lies as a natural barrier o flowing rivers originating from the highland. To the west of this highland region is the laterite plateau and Further west of this region is the alluvial coastal land which has a total length of about 580km. the coastal r intersected by 41 west flowing rivers.
Classification of temples
Narasimha Te
Pandavas Tem
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Siva Temples
Sree Rama T
Vinayaka Te Kerala
Vishnu Temp
Vishnu Maya
Other's Temp
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