Sreenarayanapuram Mahavishnu Temple is an ancient

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temple in

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. It is at

Manakala Manakala is a town in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India. It is located in Adoor Thaluk. Manakala is the hometown of the prominent film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Etymology The name Manakala has an uncertain etymology. ''Manakala ...

(in

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) about from Adoor.

Location

This temple is located at an altitude of about 56.64 m above the mean sea level with the

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of

in Manakala.

Festivals

Sreenarayanapuram Temple is known for the annual Dasavatarachartu festival. Dasavatarachartu is a ten-day celebration; each day one

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of Mahavishnu from Dasavatara is worshiped. Sreenarayanapuram is one of the few Vishnu temples in

where a Dasavatarachartu festival is conducted.

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Sreenarayanapuram Temple
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Location

Festivals

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