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ARUVIPURAM
SIVA
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Prathishta: Siva
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Dist: Trivandrum
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Thaluk: Neyyaattinkara
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Panchayath: Perumkadavila
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Festival:
The main festival of the temple is Shivratri. Various cultural programs
are conducted during this time. A caparisoned elephant carries the image
of the deity in a grand procession in the evening and the festival concludes
with the Aarattu. Shri Narayana Guru Jayanthi is also celebrated in a
grand manner. There is a cave on top of a nearby hill and it is believed
that Guru meditated here
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Description:
Aruvippuram Shiva Temple is located at Aruvippuram in Thiruvananthapuram
District. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
The temple is of great historical and social importance as the shivling
was installed by the great social reformer Shri Narayana Guru in AD 1888,
on the Shivratri day. This was done against the rule when tradition strictly
allowed only Brahmins to install deities. Legend has it that Shri Narayana
Guru got the idol from a nearby waterfall.
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Thanthri:
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Trustee: SNDP
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Route: 24
Kms. From Trivandrum via Neyyaattinkara.
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