Aranmula Parthasarathy

trade_routes:

• "Tamil Nadu Divya Desam pilgrimage corridor" connected_events:
  • event: "Ancient Tamil Sangam period" significance: "One of the earliest temple sites in Tamil Nadu" vahana: "Garuda (eagle mount)" connected_events:
  • event: "Ancient Tamil Sangam period" significance: "One of the earliest temple sites in Tamil Nadu" associated_kings:
• "Ancient Tamil kingdoms" sacred_flowers:
• lotus
• tulasi
• jasmine connected_events:
  • event: "Ancient Tamil Sangam period" significance: "One of the earliest temple sites in Tamil Nadu" associated_kings:
• "Ancient Tamil kingdoms" sacred_flowers:
• lotus
• tulasi
• champaka sacred_trees:
• peepal
• bilva (bael)
• tulasi sacred_animals:
• Nandi (sacred bull)
• peacock
• elephant vahana: "Garuda (eagle mount)" primary_scriptures:
  • title: "Nālāyira Divya Prabandham" type: "stotra" festival_dates:
• "Maha Shivaratri (Feb–Mar)"
• "Diwali (Oct–Nov)"

Aranmula Parthasarathy

One of 108 Divya Desams. Famous for the Aranmula snake-boat race (September) and the Aranmula Kannadi — the only hand-forged metal mirror tradition in the world, made by a single village lineage.

Sthalapurana (Temple Legend)

The sacred history of this shrine is recounted in local Sthalapurana texts and the Divya Prabandham hymns.