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{{Infobox Mandir
| name = Anandavalleeswaram Sri Mahadevar Temple
| image = Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple West Tower.jpg
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| caption = West Temple Tower
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| map_caption = Location in Kollam
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Kerala]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| location = Anandavalleeshwaram, [[Kollam metropolitan area|Kollam city]]
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| deity = [[Shiva]]
| festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]]
| architecture = Kerala Dravidian Style
| temple_quantity = 1
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| year_completed = 11th century
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'''Anandavalleeswaram Sri Mahadevar Temple''' ({{lang-ml|ആനന്ദവല്ലീശ്വരം ശ്രീ മഹാദേവർ ക്ഷേത്രം}}) in [[Kollam]] city is one of the ancient [[Hindu temple]]s in [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wikinewsindia.com/english-news/thehindu-news/national-news/temple-pond-emptied-in-bid-to-trace-antique-idol/ |title=Sreekovil renovation gets the final nod |access-date=13 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080134/http://www.wikinewsindia.com/english-news/thehindu-news/national-news/temple-pond-emptied-in-bid-to-trace-antique-idol/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
[[Lord Siva]] and Goddess [[Parvathi|Anandavally]] are the main deities of the temple. According to folklore, sage [[Parashurama]] has installed the idol of Lord Shiva. The temple is a part of the 108 famous Shiva temples in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vaikhari.org/108shivalaya.html|title=108 Shiva Temples in Kerala created by Lord Parasurama|website=www.vaikhari.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sreekovil-renovation-gets-the-final-nod/article7479788.ece |title=Sreekovil renovation gets the final nod |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> It is located at Anandavalleeswaram, a major neighborhood of [[Kollam]] city, that comes to the west side of Kollam Collectorate.

==Importance==
The main [[Sanctum Sanctorum]] of Anandavalleeswaram Sri Mahadevar temple is 1200 years old and it constructed in [[Teak]] wood. This is the only [[Hindu temple]] in [[India]] which has the deities of [[Krishna|Sree Krishnan]], [[Mahavishnu|Maha Vishnu]], [[Bhūmi|Bhoomi Devi]] and [[Lakshmi|Lakshmi Devi]] consecrated as idols under a single structure ([[Sanctum sanctorum]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/400yearold-sreekovil-to-be-replaced/article7468835.ece |title=400-year-old sreekovil to be replaced |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> The temple is located in the city of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/lord-shiva-temples-of-kollam-district|title=Kollam District Siva Temples - Kerala - Talukwise listing of Mahadevar Ambalam|website=www.shaivam.org}}</ref> It is believed that Kollam Anandavalleeswaram Temple is one of the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala and is installed by sage [[Parasurama]] dedicated to [[Shiva]].<ref name="vaikhari.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.vaikhari.org/rameswaram1.html|title=51.Kollam Anandavalleeswaram Mahadeva Temple |website=www.vaikhari.org}}</ref><ref name="sanskritimagazine.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/indian-religions/hinduism/108-shiva-temples-created-lord-parasurama-kerala/|title=108 Shiva Temples created by Lord Parasurama in Kerala – Sanskriti - Hinduism and Indian Culture Website|date=3 March 2018}}</ref> It is one of the three Mahadeva temples of Kollam city is mentioned in 108 Shivalaya Sothram. The second temple in the 108 Shivalaya Sothram is [[Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple]] and the third temple is [[Thrikkadavoor Mahadeva Temple]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/108-shiva-temples-of-kerala |title=108 Shiva temples of Kerala - Worshiped by Parasurama |website=www.shaivam.org|date=4 January 2019|publisher=Abode of God Shiva On the Internet}}</ref>

==Deities and Sub-deities==
The presiding deity of the temple is [[Shiva]] is facing west in the main [[Sanctum Sanctorum]] and his consort [[Parvati|Devi Parvathy]] is also in the same sanctum sanctorum (Sreekovil) is facing east.
Lord Shiva of this temple is called as ''Ananda Swaroopan'' and Devi Parvathy is called as ''Swayamvara Parvathy (Anandavally)''. It believe that both the deities are said to be in a happy state and hence the temple name '''Anandavalleeswaram''' ''(Anandam in Malayalam means 'Joy')''. Initially the temple had only Shiva as the deity and Devi Parvati was consecrated later in the form of Anandavally. Even though Devi Parvati's garbagriha is the immediate one to the entrance, one is supposed to enter the temple only through the door which lead to the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Shiva.

===Sub Deities===
[[File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple Nalambalam.jpg|550px|thumb|left|Temple Nalambalm facing west]]
* [[Ganapathy]]
* [[Murugan]]
* [[Krishna|Sree Krishnan]]
* [[Hanuman|Hanuman Swamy]]
* [[Swamy Ayyappan]]
* [[Maha Vishnu]]
* [[Lakshmi Devi]]
* [[Bhūmi|Bhoomi Devi]]
* [[Snake worship|Naga Devathas]]

==Temple festival==
[[File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple.jpg|175px|thumb|right|Hoisted Flag on Golden Flag Mast in Annual Festival]]
The annual festival of Anandavalleeswaram Mahadevar Temple is celebrates for ten-days in the month of March–April (Malayalam month: Meenam). This ten days festival will begin with the traditional 'Thrikodiyettu'. There would be other rituals including Pallivetta ritual, Arattu, Aratu Ethirelpu, Ezhunallathu, Kazhcha Sribali, Kettukazhcha ritual and other cultural programmes comprising dance, dramas, music programmes and also pyrotechnic display as part of the annual festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/temple-festival-begins-today/article7038441.ece |title=Temple festival begins today |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> Sivarathri festival is the other important one celebrated by the temple every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sivarathri-rituals-at-anandawalleshwaram-temple/article5731506.ece |title=Sivarathri rituals at Anandawalleshwaram temple |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> Thantric rites of the temple is belongs to [[Thazhamon Madom]], Chengannoor.

==Offerings==
Abhishekam, Ganapathy Homam, Mrithyunjaya Homam, Ashtotharchana, Muzhukappu, Pushpamjali and so on.

==Controversy==
* An antique idol of [[Lord Krishna]], which was installed in the temple as a sub-deity, got stolen on 2 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/antique-idol-stolen-from-anandawalleshwaram-temple/article7494365.ece |title=Antique idol stolen from Anandawalleshwaram temple |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> On 3 August, the temple pond was emptied in the presence of the [[Kollam City Police]] as part of the investigations to find the [[panchaloha]] idol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/temple-pond-emptied-in-bid-to-trace-antique-idol/article7497944.ece |title=Temple pond emptied in bid to trace antique idol |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> Later on 11 August 2015, a Police team under the [[Kollam City Police]] led by [[Police commissioner|City Police Commissioner]] P. Prakash IPS has recovered the stolen idol from a house at [[Pothencode]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/stolen-panchaloha-idol-recovered-from-capital-suburb/article7533067.ece |title=Stolen panchaloha idol recovered from capital suburb |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> This is an old idol of gosalakrishna in 9th century old under the custodian of kollam raja in his palace named as puthukulangara palace (old name of anandavalleswarm was puthukulangara) .

==See also==
* [[108 Shiva Temples]]
* [[Temples of Kerala]]
* [[Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple]]
* [[Amaravila Rameswaram Sri Mahadeva Temple]]

==Location==
Anandavalleeswaram temple is situated in the heart of [[Kollam]] (Quilon) Municipal Corporation; 2.5 km from [[Kollam Junction railway station]]. Many pilgrimage and tourist places are near to the temple ''([[Ashtamudi Lake]], [[Thirumullavaram Beach]], [[Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple]] etc.''

==Temple Photos==
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<gallery caption="Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple" widths="150px" heights="120px" perrow="5">
File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple East Nalambalam.jpg|East Nalambalam<br>(Goddess Anandavalli)
File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple Sub Deity Temple.jpg|Sub Deity Shrine
File:ആനന്ദവല്ലീശ്വരംക്ഷേത്രം.jpg|East Tower
File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple West Nalambalam.jpg|West Nalamabalm<br>(Lord Shiva)
File:Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple Golden Flag Mast.jpg|Golden Flag Mast
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Hindu temples in Kerala |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Kollam district]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Kerala]]
[[Category:108 Shiva Temples]]

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