Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Temple
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Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Temple | |
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Karthik Punnav | |
Location | |
Location | Kanhangad |
State | Kerala |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 12°18′32″N 75°5′46″E / 12.30889°N 75.09611°E |
Architecture | |
Creator | Srimad Bhuvanendra Tirtha and his followers |
Completed | 1865 A.D. |
The Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Temple is foremost temple of
The prathishta ceremonies began in 1864 A.D. and in 1865 A.D. on
History of Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Temple
The Temple was dream for people of Kanhangad at those times as the nearest temple of G.S.Brahmins were situated at Kasargod. So they kindly requested then Guru of Kashi Mutt to offer a Temple for them. Guru Sri Bhuvanendra Thirtha blessed the people of Kanhangad with idol of Laxmi Venkatesh of Innoli which the people of Innoli gave to him earlier as they were in such poverty that they were not able to offer Nivedya to God. The Chowguli families that is, the four families attributed to construction of the temple consisted of families of Subraya Kamath, Ramachandra Nayak, Narayana Kamath and Sheshagiri Kamath. It is said that the whole construction of temple was by the people of the community without any workers outside the community. Subraya Kamath's Family offered the land for the temple. Thus his family becomes the Muli family who are believed to inform the people the god's will through oracle referred as Darshan.
As the Innoli people returned the deity to Swamiji due to large amount of
Main festivals
Foremost festivals at this temple are
See also
Goud Saraswat Brahmin
- Goud Saraswat Brahmin
- Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Cochin
- List of Goud Saraswat Brahmins
- GSB Temples in Kerala
Maths Followed By Goud Saraswat Brahmin
- Kashi Math
- Gokarna Math
- Shri Gaudapadacharya Math
References
- ^ "www.gsbkerala.com". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "www.tdtemple.org". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.