Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple is located in the middle of the city. There is no place to sit and meditate next to the shrine. However, you can go into meditative states here effortlessly. Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple is mukti place of two out of 63 Nayanmars, Sundaramurthi Nayanar and Cheraman Perumal Nayanar. The mukthi place is inside the temple premises on the right side from the main entrance.
How to get there:
The temple is located 27 kms West of Kochi International Airport.
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About Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple
The known Kerala history begins with Cheras. The Siva of Tiruvanchikulam temple is their tutelary deity. History of Kerala is broadly divided into four divisions. First division among them is Vanchi Epoch. In ‘sangam’ period Tiruvanchikulam is known as Vanji. Dr. S. Krishna Swamy Iyengar, K.G. Sesha Iyer and other historians located Vanchi at Tiruvanchikulam. 27 Sangam poets have sung about Cheras, who are believed to have visited this temple and the nearby Cheraman Palace in ancient days.
Cheraman Perumal, the legendary king of Kerala, is believed to have visited ‘Kailasa’ with his companion Saiva saint, Sundaramoorthi Nayanar from this temple premises. This event is celebrated by the Tamil community on ‘Swathi’ asterism day of Malayalam month ‘Karkatakam’ in this temple even now. According to Tamil Saiva traditions, Tiruvanchikulam temple is the only Saiva Tirupati temple in Kerala.
