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Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple

ആറന്മുള ശ്രീ പാർത്ഥസാരഥിക്ഷേത്രം

Aranmula, Kerala · 9.3281°, 76.6879°

Parthasarathy (Krishna)UndeterminedKeralaDivya Desam
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
attested in Alvar hymns (7th-9th c.)
Undetermined

History & significance

A riverside Divya Desam on the Pamba, home of the spectacular Aranmula snake-boat race rowed during Onam and of the village craft of the Aranmula kannadi metal mirror. Among the Pandava shrines of the region it is linked to Arjuna.

Sthala katha — the legend

Arjuna is said to have built the shrine in atonement for slaying the unarmed Karna, bringing the image on a raft of six bamboos - the 'aran-mula'.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined