Category: Pilgrim Centres

The ancient temple of Mangala Devi is hidden in the dense woods at the top of a peak 1337 m above sea level. The temple is built in the traditional Kerala style of architecture. Visitors are allowed here only on the Chithra Pournami festival day held during the month of April / May. The peak […]

Legend has it that first priestess at the great Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple gave birth to a five headed snake. It is said to guard the premises even today, while residing in the ancestral house. To this day, people throng in great numbers to this temple to avail of its special turmeric powder, rumoured to […]

A number of temples and fifteen mosques make the cashew-growing town of Manjeswaram a prominent pilgrim centre. Located in Kasaragod district, the place has a memorial of the late Govinda Pai, the grand patriarch of Kannada literature. Jain Temples: There are two old Jain Bastis at Bengara Manjeswar on the southern bank of the Manjeswar River. Churches: About 11 km […]

Built in the typical Kerala style, the historic Malik Ibn Deenar Masjid is believed to have been founded by Persian scholar and traveller Malik Ibin Deenar. The Juma Masjid, which is one of the best kept and most attractive in Kasaragod district, is located at Thalankara.

The Malayalapuzha Bhagavathy Temple is a 3000 year temple where a 5’5” tall Goddess, known as the ‘Malyalapuzha Amma’, greets all her devotees. In a secluded section of Pathanamthitta lies this ancient temple, rumoured to have the power to help devotees realise their heart’s desires. Believers flock to partake of the many blessing of the […]

The shrine and mausoleum of the Sayyid Mouladaveela Mamburam Thangal (the religious leaders of the Malabar Muslims) in A R Nagar village is a major pilgrimage centre in Malappuram district.

Believers carrying large crosses up a hill are common sights on a voyage to the Hill Shrine at Malayattoor where people offer their pain and suffering to God, in hopes of forgiveness and peace. It is believed that St. Thomas, one of the ten apostles of Jesus Christ, had landed on the Kerala coast at […]

All around the world, there are numerous sites where heroes and their legendary deeds are worshipped, but it is very unusual to find a temple dedicated to a villain. Malanada Duryodhana Temple is a unique temple, dedicated to the infamous King Duryodhana – the antagonistof the epic Mahabharata. According to legend, Duryodhana, exhausted by his […]

A sacred bath on the banks of a river, while being surrounded by paddy fields and coconut trees that sway in the breeze, is one of the reasons why devotes throng the Sree Madanantheswara Sidhivinayaka Temple in Kasaragod district. Located 8 km from Kasaragod town, it lies on the banks of the magnificent Madhuvahini River. People […]

Popularly known as the Catholicate of the East, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is situated at Devalokam in Kottayam. Believed to have been built by St. Thomas, the Church is theologically and traditionally a part of the Oriental Orthodox communion of churches.