The Sankaranarayana temple at Navaikulam in Chirayinkil Taluk of Trivandrum district is located by the side of NH 47 from Trivandrum to Kollam, between Kallambalam and Paripalli (about 45 km north of Trivandrum). Set amidst a vast campus, the temple enshrines the syncretic image of Sankaranarayana, whose left half shows the attributes of Vishnu and the right half that of Siva.