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The Temple Is Mentioned The India Book Of Records Address: Chenkal Maheswaram Temple, Udiyankulangara Vlathankara Rd, Chenkal, Kerala 695132
Timings: 4:30 am to 11 am, 4:30 pm to 8 pm
The Shiva Lingam of Chenkal Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, measuring a record height of 111.2 feet has made an entry into the India Book of Records for being the tallest Shiva Lingam in the world. Previously, the 108-feet-high Shiva lingam of Kotilingeshwara Temple in Karnataka was the tallest in the country.
The construction of Shiva Linga begun in 2012 which has a height equivalent to that of a 10-story building that took 6 years to complete. Not just its height but its unique cylindrical structure and the remarkable surprises concealed inside it are a wonder to gaze at.
Water, sand and soil from various holy places like Kashi, Gangotri, Rishikesh, Rameswaram, Danushkodi, Badrinath, Gomukh, and Kailash were also mixed with the construction materials. Hence, the Shiva Lingam of Chenkal Maheswaram Sri Sivaparvathi Temple is said to be a divine structure.
The structure has 8 floors with six of them representing the six chakras or energy centers in the human body which houses 6 meditation halls for devotees, pilgrims, and tourists to meditate on respective chakras. 108 Shiva lingams are consecrated on the first floor of the structure where the devotees can offer ‘Abhishekam‘.
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