DIVINEINFORMATION PART 45 There are 1130 words in this posting counted by the computer. Approximately 113 sentences
Respected friends, While going through one of my external memory device, I came acrosssome good information stored from websites. Ithought of sharing interesting ones from them as a series. In part 45, I am starting with 155TH item in this posting. Kindlynote the series is a compilation. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 29-6-21 155 Thiruvanchikkulam Mahadevar Temple Thiruvanchikkulam Mahadevar Uma -Maheshwar Temple the only one Siva temple where Siva and Devi together insanctum at Thiruppathy in Kerala 2.5 kilometers south of kodungallur easternside of main road. It was the tutelardeity of Cheraman perumal. The temples history reveals that it has muchrelation with the temples of Tamil nadu. Dampathy pooja ( Pooja for devine couple ) isimportant. Kumbham 8 days festivalMeenabharani and Amavasi Arattu. The Siva Temple at Thiruvanchikulamin Kodungallur is one of the earliest and ancient temples in Kerala and is of great historic importance. Itis said that here the Saivite saintSundarmoorthy Nayanar and his royal friend Cheraman Perumal worshipped LordSiva and attained eternal bliss and reached Kailas by mounting athousand-tusked white elephant and a blue horse respectively. It happened on Swati day in themonth of Karkidakam (August-September) and it is also believed that the"Kollam" Era (Malayalam) started from that day. Every year there arespecial poojas conducted at theirshrines in this temple. When Umamaheswara appeared in this place once surrounded by paddy fieldsVasuki the godly serpent and holy nagas(serpents) stood guard and worshipped the divine one and the priceless treasures beneath the idol. This self-incarnated Linga in thepresent Sanctum Sanctorum' of the temple is only some four inches above the ground level and is in the form of ahalf circle, 12" in diameter. There is water all round, believedto be the Ganga. One Malayali Brahmin (Namboothiri) was fortunate to take awaythe Vasuki the Holy Naga King, on a palmyrah leaf umbrella to his home (Mana ormom) by the grace of Vanchulesa and itis believed that the Namboothiri family, now famous in Kerala as Pambummekkattu mana ,prosperedafterwards by worshipping the Nagas. This mans is some six miles east of this shrine. Overthe head of the idol, more towards the left side, there is a scar mark. Thelegend has it that when the Lordwith his consort Maheswari appeared before Arjuna in the forms of Kiratha andKirathi (hunter and huntress) Arjuna mistakenly beat at the forehead of the Lord making this mark. On the left side of the front of the Mukhamandapam (entrance) a stonecarving depicting Siva and Parvathycould be seen. It isalso said that Uma and Maheswara appeared here as Ardhanareeswara,the left side of the idol representing, Naari (Uma) and the right, Naran (Maheswaran). The main and most coveted ritual to Vanchulesa is Dhara, non-stop pouring ofwater, Abhishekam with chanting of RudraManthram. Ekadasa Rudram, Sankha abhishekam, Mrithyunjaya havanom etc. are believed to be very efficacious. Uma Maheswara Pooja or Dampathi Pooja is a speciality here. The mainfestival is in the month ofKumbham. It lasts for eight days commencing on the Ashtami day of Krishna Paksha as Kodiyettam(Flag hoisting) and Arattu on the Amavasi day after Sivarathri. Arattu isconducted at the sea, 4 miles westfrom the temple. 156Some thing new about Ganapthi A . Who isGanapathy? Ganapathy is the leader of the Ganas. ie, the leader of groups, tribes, race,army, escorts, and hence Lord Siva’s first son is described as the supremeleader (Vinayaka). He is also known as Vigneswara – Lord of all obstacles.These names clearly show that He is a master of all Circumstances. B Ganapathyrepresentation Yellow skinned, short with a big round belly, elephant headed with one trunk,four arms, large ears, bright shining eyes – this is how Ganapathy isrepresented. C The origin ofGanapathy- Varaha purana There are multiple versions about the origin of Lord Vinayaka. According to theVarahapurana , once upona time the Devasapproached Lord Siva and submitted before him the need of a baby who can doaway with all obstacles. With theconsent of Parvathy devi, Siva agreed to the proposal. Devi become pregnant andgave birth to a beautiful young baby. The ladies of Devalokam gathered aroundthe baby .Keeping in mind the character of the ladies Parvathy blessed her child withthese words, “may your beauty change to that of a tusker headed body with a bigbelly”. Her desire was fulfilled. But Lord Siva,though unhappy, named him Ganesa and he blessed Ganesha saying:”Your position will be above allGanas. All gods will acknowledge the prominence of Ganesa , and those who arenot ready to worship you will fall into deep waters. (The story has no death of Ganesha baby andreviving with elephant head) D The origin ofGanapathy- Skanda purana The Skandapurana says thatGanapathy was formed from the dirt collected from the body of Goddess Parvathy. Devi created an extraordinary elephant headed creaturewith four arms and deputed him to safeguard the entrance towards the Chandraprathishta, which was beingperformed in heaven. E Origin of Ganapathi- Skandapurana As per the Matsyapurana, Lord Siva had thehabit of peeping while Goddess Parvathy had her oil bath. On one occasion Devicome across the peeping Siva. Though her husband, she did not like thisaction of his. Parvathythus created a figure out of the dirt she had washed away from her body andgive breathe to it by sprinkling water from the Ganges. As usual Siva tried toenter the bathing place of Parvathy. The guard didn’t allow him in. Furious, Siva cut the guard’sthroat. Fearing Parvathy’s anger, Siva swiftly went out. He saw an elephant there, cutdown its head and fixed it to the body of Parvathy’s creation. Thus wasborn Parvathy’s son, the elephant headed Ganapathy. F The origin ofGanapathy- Padma purana According tothe Padmapurana, Parvathy, like all ofGod’s creations, had the desire to give birth to a son who would be theembodiment of all virtue. Forthis she prayed to God Vishnu who appeared before her. He granted herwish by taking birth in her womb. The son thus born to Parvathy is Ganapathy. G The origin ofGanapathy- Uttara ramayana According to Uttaraa Ramayana Ganapathi was born when Lord Siva andPravathi took the form of elephant and on living living like animalsGanapathi was born. H The origin ofGanapathy- Matsya purana This is the normalversion of story Lord siva was refused permission by Ganapathi …. 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