BHOOTHATTHANMUTHALANA… Dearfriends,
RecentlyI had a mail from our Group member Sri Saikrishnan, during Thai velli, afterpooja persons are not allowed to go till early morning since, Sadayudayar issastha and his BHOOTHAGANMS WILL BE IN THE OUT SIDE OF THE TEMPLE at Sadavudayar kovil. SadavudayarKevil is near Kalidaikuruchi in the Tirunelveli District – Taminadu. I wasthinking it might be due to two or three munian temples on the way to thetemple from the main road. Mr SaiKrishnan is very correct. This made me tothink about the very original worship of sastha by Brahmins and about Boothaganas. Sastha has taken five incarnations andone is Poorna Pushkala Sametha, in Grihasthasram. Thesame is also with respect to Vinayaka and Muruga. I have read Vinayaka isconsidered as married and not as brahmachari in the North India. Similarly LordMuruga is worshipped as Bachelor there. Inthe southern side Muruga is considered as married though he is worshipped inother forms also. In Tiruttani, he is worshipped as family man with two wives-Devayanai and Valli. The two wives told for Vinayaga are Buddi and Siddi. Letme further write about sastha and Bhoothathan. On the way to Sabarimalai onecan observe the sign board with an arrow indicating way to Bhoothathan Dam Sincerely, GopalaKrishnan 2-1-2011 Reposted after editing and updating informationon 24-10-2021. R. Gopalakrishnan 1. Sastha worship. TheGeneral concept is migration of Tamil Brahmins to Kerala was either via Chengottai or via Palaghat passbefore a few centuries. Invariablythey established Brahmana samoohams in Kerala. In Most places with ownpremises, land acquiring from local people. Many samooha matams have / had vastproperties also. In some samoohams members are few now. RecentlyI had been to Cherthala Samooha matam and a casual discussion about theproperties they are having, though members are very less. My co brother is amember of the samooham. Inmy boy hood days I have learnt the Brahmana samooham at Vadakkadathu kavu hadlarge paddy fields and cultivation areas, with a meagre members. Irrespectiveof the member strength, sastha preethi is conducted in all samooha matams once a year according to their custom from thebeginning. Some samoohams in very large scale and somein medium scale. I haveread from member postings that atParavur in Ernakulam district, conduct sastha preethi in very large scale inKerala. Similarly Noorni in Palakkadu also. Sasthaworship is performed by the Brahmins settled in Kerala from the beginning of theirsettlement. Though so much prominence for sastha preethi is there in Kerala ,Maharashtra,Delhi Andhra, I have not seen such prominence for conducting sastha preethi inTamilnadu. Learnt members from Tamilnadu may correct me if my statement iswrong. 2. Sastha preethi- worship of sasthaas Grihastha Ihave heard the divine songs recitedduring sastha preethi in my home, where sastha is worshipped along with Poornaand Pushkala(Poorna Pushkala sametha). 3. Sastha preethi- Dhyanam Thedhyana slokam recited in our samooha madam from my recollection is given blow:- Yanaimukhathoan thampi Arulkumaranukku Ilayon, Vanavarpottum vani VanthenukkuArulavendum Munthiasivanar Pooti, MookhanamAsuran Patti Indiravaravum Eatti, Easanarvesham thotti, Panthadikamalam vetti Vanthathorviraham matti Santhathiyanamoorthy Dharmasastha Namasthaenamasthe. Heresastha is told as the younger brother of Maha Ganapathi and Muruga . 4. Sastha varavu TheSastha varavu recited in our samooha madam from my recollection is as follows:- Vaararitho Ayyanvaararitho (ThenkulthurAyyan vararitho) BhoothatthanMuthalana Bhoothangalkootiyae, Pulikalkuttikalai Pidithuvilayadiayae Vaararitho,Ayyan vaararitho….. Thetone, pitch and rhythm are such that, in boyhood we all used to fear seeing theface of the person singing. Mylate father used to go to nearby temple duringthe time, otherwise he may go to trance and he may not be able to control withall offerings given and after a few minutes fall down. He himself had to come out from trance and then made to perform namaskaram. Wekeep sabari malai /Sadavudayr kovil bhasmam in our pooja room and consider forany problem, applying the holy ash and a sincere prayer for a few minutes is thebest solution. I have later learnt from a memberresponse , Brahmins from Thenkulathur first performed sasthapreethi 4a. Bhoothathan Sasthain any form is followed by Bhootha ganas and head of the gana is Bhoothatthan. 5. Bhootha natha sadanada Thedhyana manthram recited after deeparadhana till the lighted camphor flame goingoff is as follows- During the period it is believed the presenceof sastha in the flame. Bhoothanatha sathananda, SarvaBhootha daya para RakshaRaksha Maha bhago SasthraeDhabyam Namo Nama Againall the bhoothas are referred and Sastha is told as showing mercy to allbhoothas and ruler of Bhoothas (including Pancha bhoothas) 6. The saranam recited after offeringpooja to Irumudi and deepradhana before starting for pilgrimage. Arinjumaryamalum TherinjumTheriyamalum ChatihaEalla thettum KshamichhuKathu rakshikkanam PonnuPathettam padi mel vazhum, Hariahrasuthan, Ayyan Ayyappa swamiyae Saranam Ayyappa. Thelast but one line AyyanAyyappa swamiyae is some times recited as Sree Dharma Sasthavae saranamAyyappa. 7. Bhoothathan Anaikeetu(Dam) TheBhoothatthan kettu or anaikkattu is above Pamba river close to Sabari malai. Theanaikattu is called as Bhoothathankettu. Large blocks of unshaped stones are placed on both sides ofthe Periyar River to form the dam, making it look like a natural dam built by super humans. Thename Bhoothathan Kettu, means "monster fort"; past generations believedit was built by a Bhootham (monster). The myth told in Wikipedia is asfollows. Thereason behind the dam's name is that monsters(Malayalam: Bhootham) planned tosubmerge the Trikkariyoor temple, whose presiding deity is Lord Shiva by makinga dam in the Periyar river and flooding the area. Suspectingtrickery the omnipotent Lord Shiva, came up with a plan to deter them. He fakedthe approaching dawn by a rooster's sound. Thedemons fearing the arrival of light fled the place. To this day there is avisible proof of their effort where you can see the boulders which the demonswere supposed to have rolled onto the riverbed, the Old Bhothathankettu. ThePeriyar flows on through the narrow space which the demons did not quite manageto dam up. 8. Bhootha ganas of Lord Siva. Inmy native there is a Lord Siva temple, called Thazhatthu mahadevar. The templeis very big, the sanctum is very close to Achhankovil river r on the north side . During festivals deity is taken on hand and circumambulationis completed. Elephantscannot come through the narrow area of about three-four feet . It is told on that side the wall with granite builtby maesons was falling down repeatedly . One day morning it was found constructed in crude mannerand then on wards thewall has not fallen. Iam told while I was a boy that the wall was constructed by Bhootha ganas. Thegranite wall is very crude, which everyone can see now also. SUMMING UP 1.Sastha has taken many avatharas 2.Grihastha sastha is worshipped during sastha preethi in our area. 3.In all avatharas he is accompanied by Bhootha ganas The writer- R. Gopala Krishnan, 78, home Pandalam, retired as Asst General Manager (FormerITS), Kerala Telecommunications, Trivandrum and now settled in Chennai. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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