A Private Hereditary Shakti Shrine
Sri Bhadrakali
Yogishwara Temple
Where Shakti, Tantra, and Yoga have shared one sanctum for fourteen centuries.
Murukkumpuzha · Thiruvananthapuram · Kerala
Sanctum uniquely oriented to face West
Sanctum access restricted to the custodial family
Full moon days observed alongside weekly darshan
Morning and evening sessions, IST
Welcome
An unbroken current of worship
Sri Bhadrakali Yogishwara Temple (also spelled Badrakali Temple) is an ancient family shrine at Murukkumpuzha, in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district. Generations of the custodial family have kept a single, continuous line of worship centred on Sri Bhadrakali — alongside Durga, Parvati, Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapathi, and the Nāga deities.
A living tradition
Shakti, Tantra, and Yoga as one practice
As a private hereditary sanctuary, the temple does not separate devotion from discipline. Shakti worship, Tantric ritual, and Yogic practice are held together here, carried forward under the guidance of the Yogishwara lineage and its present guru, Srimath Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Sri Sri Yogishwara Swami, known to devotees as Sri Yogi.
Explore the Temple
Walk through its traditions and history
Deities & Traditions
Sri Bhadrakali and the family of deities — Shakti, Tantra and Yoga held as one practice.
ExploreArchitecture
From a small 1960s shrine to the east-facing temple of 2021 — a structure rebuilt across generations.
ExploreLineage
The Yogishwara lineage, from Sri Atmarama Swami to Sri Yogishwara Swami (Sri Yogi), that has guided the shrine's worship through time.
ExploreVisit
Darshan timings, sanctum access, and the traditional dress code for this private family shrine.
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A Lamp, a Samadhi and a Forgotten Mystery
The story behind Sri Bhadrakali Yogishwarswami Temple. An oral tradition dating to the nineteenth century recalls unexplained injuries, a sacred yogic samadhi and a divine Naga said to have guarded the site — with an old photograph from the 1930s offering a rare glimpse of the place as it once appeared.
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