| Volume : IV, Issue : III, April - 2014 SREE  ADI KESA V APERUMAL  TEMPLE IN THIRUV A TT AR R. Nagappan, None By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The  enchanting  village  of  Thiruvattar  is  a  great  spiritual  centre.  The  place  is  significant  for  the 
glorious  Sree  Adi Kesava perumal  T emple.  Situated  in  Kalkulam taluk,  Kanyakumari District, it  is  about 
fifty  kilometers  south  of  Thiruvananthapuram  surface  transport.  Originally  it  was  known  as  'Aadi 
Anantapuram' or the  ancient city of  Ananta, it  became famous later  on as 'Thiruvattar'.  This name came 
form  the  presence  of  abundance  of  water in  the  from  of  a  swift-moving  river  'V aattar',  (river  of  perennial 
waters). By virtue of the fact, that it flowed around the Sree  Adi Kesava T emple, it gained for itself the 
honorific  prefix  'Thiru'.  A  less  popular  version  too  prevails.  It  substitutes  'V aatar'  with 'V attar',  the  curved 
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river ,  as  it  flows  encircling  the  T emple.   This  temple  is  also  known  as  Chera  Naatu  Srirangam Keywords :  Article : Cite This Article : R. Nagappan, None(2014). SREE  ADI KESA V APERUMAL  TEMPLE IN THIRUV A TT AR. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. IV, Issue. III, http://isrj.org/UploadedData/4511.pdf References : Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Ibid,  p.65.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Ibid,  p.65.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Ibid,  p.65.Ibid,  p.65.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.Ibid,  p.65.Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Aswathi  Thirunal  Gowri  Lakshmi  Bayai,  Thulasi  Garland,  Mumbai,  1998,  p.64Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29Dinamalar  (Daily  Newspaper)  Nagercoil  edition,  05.01.2012,  p.12K.V .  Ramachandran  Nair,  Thiruvattar  Adikesavaperumal  Kuhethra  Mahathmiyam,  Thiruvattar,  2011.p.29M.GopalaKrishnan,  Kanniyakumari  District  Gazetteer,  Madras,  1995,  p.1217.
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