Ernakulam shiva temple
The Ernakulam Shiva Temple is one of the greatest temples in Ernakulam, Kerala, and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This temple is situated at the opposite side of Rajendra maithanam near Ernakulam Subhash park, it is one of the oldest temples in Ernakulum
Ernakulam Shiva Temple is one of the oldest Shiva Temples in Kerala. The main deity is Lord Shiva and the devotees commonly called Saneeswaran, Ernakulathappan, here deity is facing sea towards west. This temple was one of the royal temples of Kochi maharajas, now it is under the control of Cochin Devasom Board. Inside this temple we can see some surrounding temples of other deity like Durga, Sree Ayyappa, Nagam(Snake).
This Shiva Temple is visited daily by thousands of devotees praying for Lord Shiva's favor. One of the important pooja is Abhisheka with water called Dhara(the bathing of Shiva lingam with 101 bottles of water), the devotee believes that after dhara they will get lot of blessings from Lord Shiva, giving the chain of koovalam leaves to Lord Shiva is an another important worship the Hindu people believe that it reduces the bad effects of 'shani dosha'.
This temple is located within the Durbar Hall Ground and also associated with there are two temples one is Subramanya Swami temple and other is Sree Rama temple.
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