Sir,
Thank you for the posting about Kerala puram temple Nagerkovil District.
You have stated influence of Kerala culture.I made a google search and found
it is north of Nagerkovil, near Thakkalai in the Thakkalai- Karungal road.
1 KM or so towards Nagerkovil from Thakkalai is the Padmababhapuram palace,
still managed by Government of KeralaGopalakrishnan
On Tuesday, 23 November, 2021, 08:58:57 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<[email protected]> wrote:
PranamDo you know?:
Sri Mahadevar Athisaya Vinayakar Temple-Keralapuram
This temple is one of its kinds. A very powerful andextremely rare lord
Ganesh’s temple exists for many centuries in Keralapuramnear Nagercoil Dist. in
Tamil Nadu. ‘Adisiya Vinayakar Koyil’ literallytranslates to ‘Miracle Ganesha
Temple’. Lord Ganesha, the remover ofobstacles, is known by many names.
Vinayaka is one of his severalnames. ''Vinayaka'' symbolizes the qualities of a
true leader in allaspects. "Viyate Nayake Iti Vinayaka '' meaning, He is a
master untoHimself. Lord Vinayakar’s idol changes its color to black and white
once every six months. During Utharayan (March-June), the idol is black in
color,and in Dakshiyana (July-Feb) the idol turns to white. Hence this temple
cameto be known as ‘’Miracle Ganesh Temple.
The first glance of the temple will speak of neighboringstate (Kerala’s)
influence. There are no exuberant temple towers that weusually find in other
Tamil Nadu Temples. If not for the Templenameplate, one cannot recognize that
this is the famous ancient temple. Onceentered the temple, one can find a huge
yard with deep-rooted trees, a smalldome and a sculpture of lord Shiva and
Parvathi on it. One can also find awhole lot of Nagaraja idols, and each idol
has a unique face to it. There aremany idols; the temple is located in a
pristine environment, and the wholeplace echoes simplicity!
There are twotemples inside the temple complex one for lord Shiva and
another is for lordGanesha. Lord Shiva here is known as Mahadevar. It is
believed that the templewas built in 1317. The idols were established long
before the temple wasbuilt! Although it is primarily a Shiva temple, one can
clearly see Vishnava's influence in this temple. Those days Vishnava’s
dominance was highand it reflects thru' Vishnava signs throughout the temple.
Lord Ganesh is veryfamous in this part of the state. This temple was renovated
many times over thecenturies and this information is available in the temple's
scriptures. Thereare beautiful paintings drawn on the walls inside the temple.
Once we passby a huge tree under it is a snake carved out of granite stone, we
head toAdisiya Vinayakar Temple. This temple has a long passage and walls are
adornedwith magnificent paintings. The sacred sanctum has an iron grid sliding
door.The sacred sanctum is not an enclosed chamber, as the lord is placed
outside,and under the huge banyan tree.
The idol here changes its color every six months. There isan interesting story
behind this idol. The king, who ruled Keralapuram, wentfor a pilgrimage to
Rameshwaram, a famous shivite temple facing the Bay of Bengal.A Ganesh idol is
washed over while the king and his men were washing their legsat the
Rameshwaram beach. The king then gifts it to his Rameshwaram counterpart‘’Sethu
Mannan’’. Sethu Mannan was overwhelmed by the love and affection,however he
returned the gift back to the Keralapuram King. It was his opinionand belief
that the finder should have it and it was the right thing to do.Along with the
idol, the Rameshwaram King gifts another Huge Emerald Idol.However, the Mogul
later looted the emerald idol during their invasion. Theycould not take the
idol with them, it was stuck to the ground. So, the idol wasleft behind. Though
the temple was built in the 12th centuryidols here are quite older than the
temple. According to the temple priest, the idol is at least2,300 years old!
The idol was not installed according to the agamashastra; it is simply kept on
the elevated platform. { This stone is known asINDRA STONE}People offer their
prayers every morning and in the evening.Abhishekam to the lord takes place
every morning and in the evening! Hence theidol found at the Rameshwaram beach
is worshiped here.
It is believed that those who are looking for their soulmates, married couples
wishing to have kids throng this temple. By breakingcoconut, and offering rice
dumplings to the lord, devotees believe their wisheswill come true. Devotees
also believe that the idol color changes every sixmonths due to God's grace.
There are many devotees who come here just to see thecolor change. The color of
the idol changes to black and white every six monthsi.e. during utharayana
(March-June) and dakshiyana (July-Feb). DuringDakshiyana the color of the idol
changes to white, and in utharayana it isblack in color. There is another
miracle associated with this temple. There isa well inside the temple complex
and the color of the water too changes everysix months. When the idol is white
in color, the water changes to black andvice versa! Right now, the color of the
water is black in color. Though, thereis no ‘’fall season’’ in the tropical
states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, howeverthe key temple tree has a unique
characteristic where leaves start to fallduring dakshiyana, and new leaves
start to sprout from march. This is not atypical behaviour of a Banyan tree.
Visiting this placeis undoubtedly an unique experience! May the lord Vinayaka
bless us allwith happiness, prosperity and health!
KR IRS 231121
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