ABOUT POURNAMIKAVU TEMPLE
The main deity of Pournamikavu temple is Shri Bala Tripura Sundari Devi (the war-goddess of Aay Dynasty). The temple is also called as Akshara Devatha temple, because of the consecration and worship of all the 51 idols of Akshara devathas (Alphabet godesses) for the first time in the World. This temple is situated at Venganoor, Trivandrum, Kerala. It is a temple which op
ens only on the full moon (pournami) day and also on some special occasions like Navaaham, Festival, Vidhyarambham etc. On the day of opening, it is almost like a festival and thousands of devotees visit the temple from various places across the globe; inorder to offer their plea to the Goddess mainly for curing their diseases, accomplishment of their desires, to find and settle their kula devathas, finding solutions to their issues, and so on. The entry is allowed for all, irrespective of their religion, caste. The temple is also famous for the Biggest Panjamukha (5-faced) Ganesha idol carved out of Krishna Shila in single stone (200cms tall), largest Nagaraja idol in single stone (275cms tall), World's largest Panjaloha idol (Pournamikavu Devi's idol is 6.5ft tall, 1300kgs in weight) and so on. On Pournami day, various rituals performed at the temple includes, Maha Ganapathi Homam, Akshara devatha pooja, Saraswathi Pooja, Sarva Shaapa dosha shanthi pooja, Lakshmi Pooja, Pournami Pooja, Kalasha Pooja, Kalasha abhisheka, Sri Chakra Pooja, Panja Shakthi Pooja, KaryaSidhi pooja, Chandika Homam, Gurusi Pooja, Naagar Pooja, Sarpa dosha nivarana pooja, Kula devatha pooja, Kaala sarpa dosha shanthi pooja, Mruthyunjaya pooja etc. The devotees also take the ghee-lamp to offer their prayers to the Goddess; which is called as 'Deepa Pradhakshinam'. The temple also involves in charity activities like serving free & unlimited food for all the devotees on the Pournami Day from morning to midnight, distributing free study materials to students, distributing grocery kits to the poor etc. The temple is located at Chavadinada, Venganoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is about 5 kms away from Kovalam, 2.1 kms from Vizhinjam (Harbour), 15 kms from Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple, 17 kms from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, 15 kms from Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station.