Sree Wadakkunathan Temple

The Sree Wadakkunathan Temple

Wadakkunathan Temple (Malayalam: വടക്കുന്നാഥൻ ക്ഷേത്രം) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in city of Thrissur, Kerala State in India. The temple situated in the very centre of town on an eminence commanding a view of neighbouring areas all around. No historian or scholar has been able to ascertain the time when this temple came into existence. Our knowledge of the origin of this temple comes from legends. According to legends the original “Prathishta” was done by Lord Parasurama, an incarnation of Vishnu and it must have been done at least four thousand years ago.

The main deity of the temple is Lord Siva, other idols installed in the temple are those to Sree Parvati, Ganesha, Sankaranarayana and Sree Rama. Parvati, is sanctify in the sanctum of Lord Shiva it self in opposite direction. There are separate sanctum for Krishna, Rishabha, Simhodhara, Dharma sastha Vettakkara, Dharmasastha, Naga Devatas and Adhishankara on the circumambulatory path

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Venugopalaswamy Kainkaryam Trust, Chennai, under its chairman, Sri Venu Srinivasan (Chairman, TVS Group) has been involved in the restoration activity of Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, from 2005 onwards. Till date, they have carried out the conservation activities of Sree Vettakkaran Temple, Gosalakrishnan, Sree Vrishabhan , Simhodaran, Ayyappan, North and South Chuttambalam, Valiyambalam, all the 3 Namaskara Mantapam’s , Sree Rama & Sankaranarayana Sree Kovil’s. Apart from this, the trust has also carried out the renovation of temple pond( Surya Pushkarini) . It has also done extensive work on the improvement of the environment of the temple including Landscaping, Compost pit, “Nandavanam”. .. All the works are done as per Archeology standards and specifications, and sanctions were given by Archeological Survey Of India department, to carry out the works.

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