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'''Sreevaraham Lakshmi Varaha Temple''', locally known as '''Sreevaraham Temple''', is situated at Sreevaraham, in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], very near to the famous [[Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple]]. The principal deity of this temple is [[Varaha]]murthy, the third incarnation of [[Lord Vishnu]].<ref>Dashavatara</ref> This [[Hindu temple]] is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board.

==Deities and Sub-Deities==
The main deity is Lord Vishnu in His incarnation as Varahamurthy in a sitting posture along with Lakshmi Devi. The sub-deities are [[Ganapathy]], Sree Krishna, Nagarajah, Yakshiamma, etc.

==Importance==
The principal deity of this temple is Varahamurthy, the third incarnation of [[Lord Vishnu]].<ref>Dashavatara</ref> There are only twenty three temples all over India dedicated to Lord Varaha and out of these only in a few are his consort [[Lakshmi Devi]] depicted alongside Lord Varaha. At Lakshmi Varaha Temple, Thiruvananthapuram Lakshmi Devi is shown as sitting on Lord Varaha's lap. Only three temples of Varahamurthy exist in [[Kerala]]. This temple in Thiruvananthapuram is believed to be more than 5000 years old.

==Architecture==
The temple is of typical Kerala style architecture and the sanctum is round in shape and its roof is covered with copper plates. The 'nalambalam' which is the outer structure is square shaped. There is a golden flag post in the temple.

===Temple Pond===
The temple pond needs special mention as it is the largest temple pond in Kerala and has an area of 8 acres. The large number of priests arriving for the Murajapam ritual<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/back-to-the-vedas-with-murajapam/article1952689.ece</ref> at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple takes bath in this pond. During [[Onam]] festival, a boat race is conducted in this pond.<ref>Sreevaraham temple pond</ref>

==Offerings==
Offerings that are common in other Vishnu temples are done here also which includes 'Archana, Ganapathy Homam, Ashtothararchana, [[Thrimadhuram]], Paalpayasam, Unniyappam, Thulabaram and so on.

==Festivals==
The main festival is in the Malayalam month of Meenam (mid March -mid April) and during the same period of '[[Painguni Festival]]' of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. [[Varaha Jayanthi]] in the Malayalam month of Meenam is also celebrated in a grand manner.

==See also==
* [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple]]
* [[Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple, Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[Sasthamangalam Mahadevar Temple]]
* [[Anandavalleeswaram Temple,Kollam]]

==References==
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<ref>http://wikimapia.org/20120/Sreevaraham-Temple-Pond</ref>
<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/back-to-the-vedas-with-murajapam/article1952689.ece</ref>

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[[Category:Hindu temples in Thiruvananthapuram district]]
[[Category:Varaha temples]]

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