 Kerala
India (Kerala Backwaters)
Location:
Southern part of the Indian subcontinent.
Famous As: Beaches and backwaters.
Kerala Climate: Normal
Pilgrimage Tours of Kerala - India
Kerala
Pilgrimage Tours
Some of the well known
pilgrimage centers in the state are
Attukal Bhagavathy temple
(Mudippura), knows as the Sabarimala of women, is in Thiruvananthapuram
One of the renowned Devi temples
in Kerala is Chettikulangara temple, Kayamkulam in Alappuzha
A big pilgrim draw, Guruvayoor
is known as Kasi of South is located in Trichur district.
Mannarasala temple at Harippad
is the seat of God of Serpents. Built in a grove, the temple is reputed
for having 30,000 images of snake-gods and this is the largest of its
kind in the state
The temple dedicated to Sree
Krishna is at Thrichambaram, Kannur
Arattu, the annual festival
is celebrated every year in March-April commencing with Kodiyettu on Karthika
day.
The temple, 3-kms away from
Thiruvalla Railway Station, have many deities though it is dedicated Lord
Vishnu.
One of the oldest, most important
temples devoted to Lord Subramania is on Kollam-Alapuzha highway.
Kodungaloor, the ancient capital
of Kerala, is 35 kms north-west of Ernakulam
The first mosque in India.
Situated in Methala, Kodungalloor, hardly 20 kilometer from the Irinjalakuda
railway station
Mortal remains of Uthman Auliya,
a revered man in Muslim Community in ottapalam
The Jama-at mosque is important
for Kerala's Muslims. The annual Nercha festival of the mosque is celebrated
for four days in April.
On the way to Malappuram,
18 km east of Manjeri, is Kondotti a prominent pilgrim centre for Muslims
One of the most important
pilgrim centres of the Christians in Kerala, popularly known as St. Sebastian
Church, 22 kms. north of Alleppey
The church is one of the important
pilgrim centres of the Christians in Kerala.
Manjinikkara church derives
its importance from the holy tomb of late Ignatius Elias III, the Holy
Patriarch of Antioch.
The first European church
in India, which later became the model for building churches in elsewhere
the country. Vasco da Gama, who died in Kochi during his second visit
to Kerala, was buried in the church in 1524.
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