Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple
Hindu temple in Kerala, India
Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple is an ancient Lord Subhramanya temple near Pandalam in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. This temple has two Sreekovils (sanctum sanctorum). Both Sreekovils are round (vatta). It is an age old temple whispering several fascinating legends of the bygone eras. It is one of the two major Subhramanya swamy temples in pathanamthitta district. Also this is one of the rare temples with 2 Lord Muruga main deities in 2 sreekovils.
The first Sreekovil of this temple is dedicated to a deity named as Vadakkumnathan (the warrior form of Lord Muruga). The day to day pooja procedure of the deity consider the lord as a representation of Lord Subramanya or Murugan, i.e. Lord Kartikeya. But some worshippers formerly believed that the Lord installed in this Sreekovil is a form of Lord Shiva.
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