Pranam People pass off with a superficial approach unaware of how we came to be there in time scale. Palakkad is a population from Tamilnadu originally Melakadu followed the NURANI sculpture. NURANI and Melarcode agraharam people are from TIRUVANNAMALAI AND NOW MANY CAN BE SEEN AT mUMBAI. The history authenticated goes like: " The people who originally inhabited this Agraharam migrated to this village from Thiruvannamali of Tamil Nadu. It is believed that when their ancestors decided to settle in that place and were clearing the bushes in the western side of the village, the labourers who were from the nearby Harijan colony heard a sound akin to the ringing of bells as well as a very aromatic perfume-like scent. The Brahmins of the village were informed about this. Further digging was done very carefully and three cylindrical stones as well as a flat stone were recovered from there. The astrologers who were summoned to find out what they are, told that the Three cylindrical shapes were the idols of Dharma Sastha and his two consorts, Poorna and Pushkala and the flat stone was that of Bhagawathy (Some say Malikapurathamma). The idols of Sastha and that of Poorna and Pushkala were installed in the Nurani agraharam and the idol of Bhagawathi was installed in the harijan colony of Kai-kuthu- Paramba. This cult came to exist at Melarcode. Cylindrical shape denoted the SIVA concept as well as unpredictability of the beginning and the end. KR IRS 15522
On Sun, 15 May 2022 at 05:43, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *TEMPLE VISITS IN PALAKKAD* > > Recently I had been to the Kuladeivam Ganapathi temple of my wife at > Vadakke Gramam in Melarcode and Tirunjettor Bhagavathi temple where my > wife’s late father was adimai. I am to these two temples for the first > time, since normally my wife went with her brothers and their families. > > We started morning 7 AM from Palakkad in taxi. At Bhagavathi temple I > offered adimai panam for her and me. But the money was collected in office, > and a receipt is given which was kept in the top step to sanctum, Skirt was > adorned to Devi, and upadevathas were offered 2nd cloth. > > In this temple sastha with his wives Poorna and Pushkala are installed as > three cylindrical idols in metal. This was something new to me. After > performing archana we went to Melarcode. > > The temple and premises are very neat. Other than us only local devotees > were in temple in the early morning. > > Melarcode is close by about 3-4 KMs, and Mahaganapathi is agraharam deity. > It was the new idol installed, anniversary day. While we reached the > temple, poojas were going one, chamakam recitation was going on. *The > temple had been fully renovated and gave a good appearance*. It was > preferred to wear dhoti inside the temple. After worshipping for some time, > we had been to relatives of my wife. The home her father owned was demolished > before an year, and there is a proposal to construct a new home by all. > Most agraharam homes gave front appearance as agraharam home, but inside > total renovations are done as modern home. Some have totally constructed > new home. I could observe in one home, path for entrance of cows on side. > The house was not maintained and entrance closed. The street is wide and > neat. There were three or four foreign returned iyers, who spoke with my > son. > > We had feast in the samooha matam on account of Prathishta dinam. It was > also one of the agraharam home. A good donation was given and we left for > Palghat by 1 PM. Evening we had visits to kasi viswanatha temple and > Manapulli kavu temple. I will cover them in next posting. > > R.Gopalakrishnan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2136587223.2518127.1652573728108%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2136587223.2518127.1652573728108%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopDtJvyqnXPRgqt2ur4SVegK3D0tuLMTSr%3DhbBqEVsm1Q%40mail.gmail.com.
