According to popular myth, Kerala was created when Parasurama Swamy, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu, threw his axe from Kanyakumari to Gokarnam. The sea moved away along the trajectory of the axe, and a fertile strip of land came out. And Thiruvananthapuram is located in the southernmost part of Kerala. Sri Annoor Bhagwati Temple is situated in the scenic Tirumala, in the land of Annoor, on the banks of Karamana river. Sri Annoor Bhagavathi Temple in Thirumala is an ancient temple that can be claimed to have flourished outside the high hills, spreading the whole spirit of the land. Like all temples in Thiruvananthapuram, it is also establishment and management were first started by the famous Nair family members of the Annoor area.
According to the ancients, a temple was built at the place where they used to worship god after taking bath in the Karamana river in the early morning and worship the God Sun. As was the case in all the Nair tribes of Thiruvananthapuram at that time, a floor and a pedestal with deer horns and mirrors were used for worship. It was known as “Elamkam”. On Fridays’, pooja is performed only in the afternoon. The Brahmins used to perform pooja under the leadership of the elders of the family and return after offering “Payasam”.
