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Kerala · Temple listing
Janardanaswamy Temple
01 · Discover
History & tradition
The Janardanaswamy Temple, also called the Varkala Temple, stands at Janardhanapuram in Varkala, in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. It is dedicated to Vishnu as Janardanaswamy, known locally as Varkaleswara, the lord of Varkala, and is regarded as very old. The temple legend tells how the devas, cursed by Brahma to be born on earth, were told to do penance at the place where the sage Narada’s cloth had fallen; that place was Varkala, which is how tradition explains the town’s name and its sanctity.
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Dates from12th century CE
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Janardanaswamy Temple
Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala
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04 · At the temple
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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