Sree Udiyanoor Devi Temple — Attraction in Kerala

The origin of the temple is as follows.There is a devotee named Neelakandan belonging to Udiyannoor family in Vattiyoorkonam,Thiruvananthapuram. Later he shifted his house to Maruthankuzhi.He completed his education under “Kesarapurathu Aasan” belonging to Pallichandra family. At that time, his family goddess Sri Bhadrakali came to his dream. She said that he will get an idol from the flood water, during the rainy season from the Killi river and he must take it and worship that idol. The same thing happened during the rainy season. Neelakandan and his friends went to see the flood . By seeing the idol, he jumped into the water. He captured the idol,but he and the idol disappeared into the flood.Everybody thought that he was dead.By knowing this incident Kesavapurathu Aasan came to the place and committed pooja with red flowers.He returned back to home after 7 days by surprising everyone. He kept the idol in a box made of jack tree covered with dhothis and silk. He made archana with flowers. He gave tender coconut,bananas and rice as nivedhyam to devi.Nelakandan’s mother made the “Ada” and dedicated it to devi.Later this “Ada” became famous as Udiyannoor Ada.With the advice of his mother and Guru,the poojas are done by...

The Udiyannoor Devi Temple is a famous temple in Trivandrum City very close to Sasthamangalam and Maruthan Kuzhy in the city of Trivandrum. The main deity is that of Goddess in her Siva and Vishnava bhavam with weapons in all four hands. This is an unusually large Deity and looks really majestic when decorated. the temple is easily accessible and is on the side of the Killli River. There are other deities as well in t he Upa Devatha temples including a deity of Ma Durga inside the main temple complex on the western side of the main deity. This is considered to be a very powerful temple with lots of devotees visiting every day and more so in the festival months of Meenam and Medam (March to April end) . The "Ada" the most important offering at the temple, prepared specially in the temple each day, is extremely tasty. This is a...

An old temple where idols of both Sri Bhadrakali and Sri Durgadevi are worshipped. About two years back the temple has started " Karyasiddhi Pooja" on first and last Friday's of every Malayalam month. So many people ( mostly ladies ) participate in it. Other idols are Sree Mahaganapati, Sree Sastha, Ulakudaya Perumal, Nagar, Madan , and another Moorthi A serene place. The main offering is "Ada Vazhipadu" One full Ada will cost more than Rs 3600 or so. I don't know the rates now . People can offer 1/8 Ada also, for which he prasadam will be...