There are numerous temples in India with murtis that were
installed by the Pandava brothers. Pandavas are believed to have installed
murtis of Shiva, Vishnu and Durga. There are five temples in central Kerala
dedicated to Hindu God Vishnu (Sri Krishna) all which have murtis installed by
the Pandavas. The five temples are Trichittattu
Mahavishnu Temple ,
Puliyoor Srikrishna
Temple , Aranmula
Parthasarathy Temple ,
Thiruvandoor Vishnu
Temple and Thrikkodithanam Temple .
Puliyoor
Srikrishna Temple
murti was installed by Bhima
Aranmula
Parthasarathy Temple
murti was installed by Arjuna
Thiruvandoor
Vishnu Temple
murti was installed by Nakula
Thrikkodithanam
Mahavishnu Temple
murti was installed by Sahadeva.
All these temples are located in and around Chenganoor Town in Kerala, which is an important
Railway Station during Sabarimala Pilgrimage.
The murti at Trichittattu
Mahavishnu Temple
was installed by Yudhishtira.
It is widely believed that visiting the five shrines on a
single day is highly meritorious. The pilgrimage to the five temples begins
with visit to Trichittattu Mahavishnu Temple
and ends with Thrikkodithanam
Mahavishnu Temple .