Paravur is the city as well as one of the municipalities in Kollam district in Kerela located in southern part of India. People from various cities and towns of India gather in this religious city to celebrate festivals. Pongal is one of the main festivals which are celebrated in this religious city, Paravur. This town is also known by the name temple town as there are ancient temples of various God and Goddess situated here. Paravur is situated at an average elevation of 32 feet above the sea level. The city is located 24 kms from Kollam and its total population of the city is 38,649.
Here are some of the religious places in Paravur which people visit frequently after reaching Paravur
Sree Venketachalapathi Temple Potten Street, KMK Junction.
Sree Venugopalaswami temple, Chennamangalam.
Mookambika Saraswathi Temple- One of the most important Saraswathy temples in Kerala
Peruvaram Mahadeva Temple.
Kannankulangara Sreekrishna Temple.
Veluthattamma Temple ( Famous for a ritual called Muttu to predict uncertainties related to marriage, career etc).
Kalikulangara Temple: Famous for Thendu.
Thonniakavu Bhadrakali Temple.
Kshemodayam Ayyappa Temple ,Nanthiyattukunnam.
Ayyappa Temple ,Kottakkakam,Near KSRTC Transport Bus Stand.
Amman Kovil Temple.
Subramanya Swami Temple ,Mannam.
Markandeya Temple ( one of the few Shiva temples dedicated to chiranjeevi Markandeya).
Neeleeswarm Siva Temple, Pattanam
Paravur is served with a railway station named as Paravur which is managed and controlled by Southern Railways. The railway station is on Thiruvananthapuram-Kollam rail line. Various express and super fast trains such as Bangalore Express, Kanyakumari Express, Ernakulam Express, Venad Express, Malabar Express, Chennai Egmore-Guruvayur Express, Cape Mumbai Express and Trivandrum Express serves this railway station at scheduled time intervals on daily basis. The train station code of Paravur is PVU.
