Varkala Temple
(40
km - 1 1/2 hours)Varkala is a seaside resort and spa. It is also an important
Hindu centre of pilgrimage.The final resting place of the great social reformer,
Sree Narayana Guru, is near Varkala, atop a hill called Sivagiri.
High cliffs with mineral springs rise majestically from the coastline. According
to a myth, sage Narada was approached by a group of mendicants who confessed
to having sinned.
Narada threw his valkkalam (cloth made of the bark of a tree) into the air,
and the place where it landed was subsequently named Varkala.
The mendicants were directed by Narada to offer their prayers in the newly created
place by the seashore. The place where they prayed for redemption, came to be
known as the Papanasham Beach ( Papanasham means redemption from sins).
The 2000 year old Sree Janardhana Swamy Temple and the Nature Care Centre are
the two main attractions here.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station : Varkala.
Nearest airport : Thiruvananthapuram international airport, nearly 57
km away.
Kerala Pilgrim Places
Parassinikadavu
Sri Muthappan Temple || Thodikkulam
Temple || The Cave Temple
|| Rameshwara Temple
|| Temples || Churches
|| Thiruvegappura
Sankaranarayana Temple || Thiruvegappura
Sankaranarayana Temple || Niranam
|| Malayalapuzha ||
Padmanabha
Swamy Temple || Varkala
|| Parasurama Temple
