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Pambanaiappan Perumal Temple
Location in Kerala
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| Country: | India |
| State: | Kerala |
| District: | Alapuzha |
| Location: | Thiruvanvandoor |
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| Primary Deity: | Pambanaiappan (Vishnu) |
| Festival Deity: | Gosala Krishna (Vishnu) |
| Poets: | Nammalvar |
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| Architectural styles: | Dravidian architecture |
The Pambanaiappan Perumal Temple is one of the five Vishnu temples associated with the five Pandava brothers, the principal characters of the Mahabharata. It is believed that Nakula, one of the brothers, performed penance at this site. It is one of the "Divya Desams", the 108 temples of Vishnu reverred by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.[1]
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Earliest references to this temple appear in the poems and hymns composed by the greatest of Alvar saints - Nammalvar, in circa 800 AD. Stone inscriptions in the temple date it back to the Second Chera Empire (800 - 1102 AD).[2]
During Mahabharata war, Nakula underwent penace worshipping the lord here. The famous Pamba river is near the temple and hence the name of the deity is Paambanaiappan.
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