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Sreevaraham
Lakshmi
Varaha
Temple,
locally
known
as
Sreevaraham
Temple,
is
situated
at
Sreevaraham
of
Thiruvananthapuram
very
near
to
the
well
famous
Sree
Padmanabhaswamy
Temple.
The
principal
deity
of
this
temple
is
Varahamurthy,
the
third
incarnation
of
Lord
Vishnu.This
Hindu
temple
is
administered
by
the
Travancore
Devaswom
Board.The
main
deity
is
Lord
Vishnu
in
his
incarnation
form
as
Varahamurthy
in
sitting
posture
along
with
Lakshmi
Devi.
The
sub-deities
are
Ganapathy,
Sree
Krishna,
Nagarajah,
Yakshiamma.The
principal
deity
of
this
temple
is
Varahamurthy,
the
third
incarnation
of
Lord
Vishnu.
There
are
only
twenty
three
temples
all
over
India
in
this
depiction
and
out
of
these
only
in
a
few
are
shown
his
consort
Lakshmi
Devi
along
with
him.
At
Lakshmi
Varaha
Temple,
Thiruvananthapuram
Lakshmi
Devi
is
shown
as
sitting
on
his
lap.
In
Kerala
only
three
temples
of
Varahamurthy
exist
this
temple
at
Thiruvananthapuram
is
believed
to
be
more
than
5000
years
old.
Location
:
Sreevaraham
Temple
Fort
P.
O
Thiruvananthapuram
Gods
:
Lord
Vishnu
Landmark
:
Nearest
Railway
Station
:
Thiruvananthapuram
Central
Railway
Station
(1.8
kilometers
to
temple)
Nearest
Airport:
Trivandrum
International
Airport
(5
k.m)
Festivals
:
The
main
festival
is
in
the
Malayalam
month
of
Meenam
(mid
March
-mid
April)
and
during
the
same
period
of
Painguni
Festival
of
Sree
Padmanabhaswamy
temple.
Varaha
Jayanthi
in
the
Malayalam
month
of
Meenam
is
also
celebrated
in
a
grand
manner.
Offerings
:
Offerings
that
are
common
in
other
Vishnu
temples
are
done
here
also
which
includes
Archana,
Ganapathy
Homam,
Ashtothararchana,
Thrimadhuram,
Paalpayasam,
Unniyappam,
Thulabaram
and
so
on.
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