Thirupuram
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Thirupuram is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district
in the state of Kerala
, India
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Thirupuram village is 7 km away from Neyyattinkara
, 27 km away from the capital city Thiruvananthapuram. The famous Thirupuram Siva Temple is situated here. Thirupuram is also very near to the Poovar, Vizhinjam and Kovalam. The famous Sivarathri festival of Thirupuram Siva Temple is the most important.There is also a story behind the name Thirupuram. It is believed that this the place where lord Siva
sits after the Thripura dahanam. Thus the village got the name Thripuram which later got changed to Thirupuram.
The official website of Thirupuram Mahadeva Temple has been launched during the last Sivarathri Mahothsav.. www.thirupurammahadevar.com
, Thirupuram had a population of 38373 with 18925 males and 19448 females.
Thiruvananthapuram district
Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the Indian state of Kerala. It came into existence in the year 1957. The headquarters is the city of Thiruvananthapuram which is also the capital city of Kerala....
in the state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Thirupuram village is 7 km away from Neyyattinkara
Neyyattinkara
Neyyattinkara is municipality in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. The name Neyyattinkara in Malayalam literally means the shore of Neyyar River. Neyyar River flows from Agasthyarkoodam , the highest peak in southern end of the Western Ghats. The taluk has a total...
, 27 km away from the capital city Thiruvananthapuram. The famous Thirupuram Siva Temple is situated here. Thirupuram is also very near to the Poovar, Vizhinjam and Kovalam. The famous Sivarathri festival of Thirupuram Siva Temple is the most important.There is also a story behind the name Thirupuram. It is believed that this the place where lord Siva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
sits after the Thripura dahanam. Thus the village got the name Thripuram which later got changed to Thirupuram.
The official website of Thirupuram Mahadeva Temple has been launched during the last Sivarathri Mahothsav.. www.thirupurammahadevar.com
Demographics
As of 2001 India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Thirupuram had a population of 38373 with 18925 males and 19448 females.