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Abaya Pradhan Temple

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Country
  
India

Location
  
Thiruvithuvakoodu

Poets
  
Kulasekara Alvar

Architectural style
  
Dravidian architecture

State
  
Kerala

Consort
  
Padmasini (Lakshmi)

District
  
Palakkad

Abaya Pradhan Temple

Primary deity
  
Abhaya Pradhan(Vishnu) Uyyavantha Perumal(Vishnu)

The Abhaya Pradhan Temple or Uyyavantha Perumal Temple is one of the five Vishnu temples associated with the five Pandava brothers, the principal characters of the Mahabharata. It is believed that Arjuna, one of the brothers, performed penance at this site. It is one of the "Divya Desams", the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

Legend

During Mahabharata period, the Pandavas built the temple here. Arjuna established the temple and this is standing as Moolavar, main deity here.

References

Abaya Pradhan Temple Wikipedia