Udaya
An illustration of a south Indian gopuram, standing for Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple

Vaishnava · Pathanamthitta, Kerala

Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple

ஆரண்முளை பார்த்தசாரதி கோயில்

Parthasarathy on the Pamba

GeneralPitru and ancestors

The temple in short

Deity
Parthasarathy on the Pamba
Where
Pathanamthitta, Kerala · 9.31N 76.68E
Usual hours
6 am – 1 pm, 3 pm – 8 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Guru
Visited for
The snake-boat temple on the Pamba, with the Valla Sadya and the Uthrattathi boat race. Visited for the ancestors on Karkidaka Vavu and for a vow kept.
Kept for Jupiter, one of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.

Where it is

Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple, Pathanamthitta, Kerala. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

Others within reach

Nearest first, by straight-line distance

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.