Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple, Pathanamthitta
Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple Thiruvonam Special Pathanamthitta, Kerala Aranmula Parthasarathy Kshetram located at Pathanamthitta on the banks of river Pamba is one among 108 Divya Desham. Mahavishnu is worshipped as Parthasarathy, charioteer of Arjuna. Prathishta of Vigraham was done by Arjuna, which one among 5 Kshetram in which Prathista us done by Pancha Pandavas. Temple Vigraham was brought on a raft which was made of six bamboo pieces. Therefore, place is called as Aranmula, which means six bamboo pieces. It is also believed that, Arjuna did Prathishta of Vigraham here to relieve himself from dosha of killing Karna. Mahavishnu retrieved Vedas to Brahma Deva here. Pratyaksha Darshanam to Vyasa Muni. Another story is about Mahabharata war where Bheeshma could be won only if he allows to. But Bheeshma was not ready to surrender and this made Krishna angry. Krishna took his Sudarshana Chakra aiming at Bheeshma, thus Bheeshma surrenders. It is this Roopam of Krishna, worshi...