Q Many devotees visit this temple during the Vaishakha period as it is considered to be especially bountiful. Vaishakha is the period when the Lord, along with Lakshmi Devi travels through the sky. This season is considered to be the best for the worship of the lord as it is the time when the world is filled with flowers and fruits and this is the reason for the Lord to visit the earth at this time. Those who worship Lord Vishnu at this time are blessed with all wealth and salvation. All the Devas and the Holy Rivers make their presence in the water bodies of the earth at this time. It is auspicious to have a bath early in the morning and visit the Vishnu temples during the Vaishakha period. KR May be quoted out of context by the vested interests as many puranas mention about the theertha yatra significance as a hit and run. There is no mention of the Kerala temple in Skanda puranam; and also speaks only about the pushya bath as extracted below:
Skanda puranam Chapter 41 Section 2 - Puruṣottama jagannātha māhātmya jaiminiruvāca | puṣyasnānotsavaṃ vakṣye yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā | puṣyarkṣeṇa ca saṃyuktā paurṇamāsī yadā bhavet || 1 || pauṣe māsi tathā kuryātpuṣyasnānotsavaṃ hareḥ | ekādaśyāṃ prakurvīta aiśānyāmaṃkurārpaṇam || 2 || tataḥ pratidinaṃ kuryātpratimāyāṃ harergṛhe | nṛtyagītopahāraiśca pratirātraṃ valiṃ haret || 3 || caturdaśīniśāyāṃ tu kuṃbhānāmadhivāsanam | ekāśītipramāṇānāṃ tathā svarṇamayāñcchubhān || 4 || gavyasarpiḥprapūrṇāṃśca sthāpayedekaviṃśatim | kārayetsarvatobhadraṃ maṃḍalaṃ purato hareḥ || 5 || tanmadhye bṛhadādhāraṃ sthāpayeddarpaṇaṃ śubham | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītanṛtyādivistaraiḥ || 6 || prabhāte vahnikāryaṃ ca kuryāttaddaivataṃ dvijāḥ | pālāśībhiḥ samidbhistu caruṇā sarpiṣā tathā || 7 || brahmaviṣṇuśivebhyastu pratyekaṃ tu sahasrakam | svaliṃgamantrairjuhuyāttadaṃte puruṣottamam || 8 || pūjayedupacāraistairādarśaṃ pratibiṃbitam | tataḥ puruṣasūktena kumbhāṃstānabhimantrayet || 9 || tenaivācchidradhāreṇa snāpayetpuruṣottamam | pāvamānīyakairdevāñchrīsūktena tataḥ param || 10 || sarpiḥ kuṃbhaiḥ snāpayecca gāyatryā ca tataḥ param | vaiṣṇavyā gandhatoyena śrīsūktena samarcayet || 11 || sahasradhārayā devaṃ tato nirmālyamutsṛjet | devāṃgaṃ lepayedgandhaiścaṃdanena ca vigrahe || 12 || yathāsthānaṃ yathāśobhamalaṃkārāṃśca yojayet | sugandhasumanomālyairbhūṣayettadanaṃtaram || 13 || aṣṭāyudhāni devasya cakrādīni nyasetpuraḥ | ratnacchatraṃ samucchritya pūjayetpuruṣottamam || 14 || lakṣmyā yuktaṃ punarviprā upahāraiḥ samṛddhimat | śaṃkheṣu pūryamāṇeṣu snigdhagaṃbhīranādiṣu || 15 || cāmarāṃdolavyagrāsu veśyāsu rucirāsu ca | māṃgalyagītanṛtyādyaiḥ stutipāṭheṣu bandinām || 16 || jayaśabdaṃ prakurvatsu dvijātiṣu muhurmuhuḥ | dūrvākṣatāṃjalibhistribhiḥ saṃpūjya keśavam || 17 || gosarpirdīpakaiḥ svarṇapātrakairatinirmalaiḥ | nīrājayejjagannāthaṃ karpūrayutavartibhiḥ || 18 || svarṇapātrasthitaṃ cāru tāṃbūlaṃ supariṣkṛtam | śanaiḥśanairmukhābhyāśe pratyekaṃ vinivedayet || 19 || ācārye dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva pūjayet || 20 || puṣyasnānotsavaṃ puṇyaṃ ye paśyaṃti mudānvitāḥ | saṃpūrṇasarvakāmāste vrajeyurvaiṣṇavaṃ padam || 21 || rājyabhraṣṭo labhedrājyaṃ sārvabhaumaṃ ca viṃdati | aputrā mṛtavatsā vā putraṃ dīrghāyuṣaṃ labhet || 22 || dāridryanāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ brahmavarcasakāraṇam | puṣyasnānaṃ kīrtitaṃ vaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ cottarāyaṇam || 23 || Jaimini said: 1-2. I shall describe the festival of the holy bath on the Puṣya day as approved by Brahma formerly. The devotee should perform the festival of the holy bath on Puṣya day in the month of Pauṣa, when the full moon coincides with the Puṣya constellation. On the eleventh day the offering of germinating seeds should be done in the North-East. 3-6. Thereafter, worship should be continued everyday of the idol of Hari in the abode (Temple) of Hari. Every night an oblation should be offered with dances, songs and other offerings and services. The pots should be consecrated in the preliminary consecration rite on the night of the fourteenth. These pots should be eighty-one in number. There should be twenty-one gold pots too, filled with cow’s ghee. In front of Hari the devotee should make the mystic diagram of Sarvatobhadra. In their middle he should fix an auspicious mirror with a broad base. In the night everyone should keep awake with elaborate arrangements for dance, music etc. 7-13. In the morning, O Brāhmaṇas, the devotee should perform the holy rites in the sacred fire for those deities. With sacrificial twigs of Palāśa (Butea frondosa), Caru as well as ghee oblations with their Liṅga Mantras are offered to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva a thousand times for each. At the conclusion of the Homas with the respective Mantras and Symbols (of the deities), he should worship Puruṣottama reflected in the mirror. Thereafter, he should charge the pots with the Mantras of Puruṣa Sūkta. Reciting the same, he should bathe Puruṣottama with an unbroken flow of water. Reciting the Pāvamānīyaka hymns he should bathe the Devas and again reciting Śrī Sūkta. Thereafter, he should bathe the Lord with the pots of ghee reciting the Vaiṣṇavī Gāyatrī. Then he should worship the Lord with scented water dropping in a thousand streams (i.e. water is poured from a pot with many holes pierced therein) while reciting Śrī Sūkta. Thereafter, the Nirmālya should be cast off. He should then smear the body of the Lord with scents and sandal-paste. He should then adorn the Lord with ornaments in the proper places so that their charm shall be displayed. Thereafter, he should adorn (the Lord) with sweetsmelling flower-garlands. 14-18. He should place the eight weapons beginning with the discus in front of the Lord. After holding the gem-set umbrella aloft, he should worship once again Puruṣottama accompanied by Lakṣmī, O Brāhmaṇas, with rich offerings. Then the conch-shells should be blown for their pleasing and resonant sounds. Beautiful courtesans should be employed for the waving of chowries constantly. There should be auspicious songs, dances etc. The bards should recite eulogies and panegyrics. The Brāhmaṇas should repeatedly give shouts of “Be victorious”. The devotee should then worship Keśava with three handfuls of Dūrvā blades and raw rice grains. He should then perform the Nīrājana1 rite to the Lord of the universe by means of lamps with wicks burning with cow’s ghee in gold vessels of great purity along with camphor. 19-20. Excellent betel leaves kept in a gold vessel should be well prepared and offered slowly near the mouth (of the Lord) one by one. Monetary gifts should be given to the preceptor and the Brāhmaṇas should be honoured. 21-23. Those who joyfully witness the festival of the holy bath on the Puṣya day shall realize all their desires fully and go to the region of Viṣṇu. A king dislodged from his kingdom shall regain the realm. He shall even become an Emperor. A lady having no son or with a dead child shall get a son with a long life. Puṣyasnāna (Puṣya bath) festival is destructive of poverty. It is conducive to wealth. It is a producer of Brahminical splendour. It has been glorified unto you. Now listen to the Uttarāyaṇa. K Rajaram IRS 8724 On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 at 22:21, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *ANANDAPURAM SREE MAHAVISHNU TEMPLE* > > *NEAR NELLAYI- KERALA**-Compiled* > > Dear Friends, > > I had been to this temple two times with my daughter about nine years > back. She had given for dwadasa pooja. Every month the temple staff used to > call to attend the pooja, specifying date, one week earlier. 1st and last > one are more important . On those days I attended the pooja with her. Today > I thought of writing about the temple. Hope a divine reading. > > Gopalakrishnan 8-7-2024 > > 1 Introduction > > Said to be the only temple in India with 12 forms of Lord Maha Vishnu - > Keshavan, Narayanan, Madhavan, Govindan, Vishnu, Madhusoodanan, > Trivikraman, Vamanan, Sreedharan, Hrishikesan, Padmanabhan and Damodharan. > > (During aachamanam we touch specific body parts with these names in the > order) > > 2. Legend > > Legend has it that a Valluvanad king had arrived here for hunting. And > that he fell in love with a virgin woman in this region. This temple was > built as per desire of the king. And it is believed that the virgin woman > later merged into the main Vigraham worshipped in the temple.In remembrance > of this event Inappudava Charthal ritual is held in the temple. > > 3 Main Deity > > The main deity worshipped in the temple is Mahavishnu and the deity faces > east. > > 4Other Deities- > > 12 forms of Lord Vishnu and Lord Ganapati, Lord Shiva, Lord Krishna, > Goddess Durga, Lord Ayappan, Nagaraja, Rakshas, Muneeswara, Kshethrapala. > There is also a separate sreekovil (sanctum) of Rasakrida Sri Krishna. > > Mahavishnu embodying the wheel of time and the twelve names in the > different planetary positions around Him have been consecrated here which > shines like the Vaikunda itself. A special feature of this temple is the > consecration of Lord Krishna in Rasakreeda form, considered to depict the > utmost state of joy in this world. As it provides this divine joy to the > devotees who visit the temple this place can rightly be referred to as > Anandapuram. Hence worshipping in this temple is famed to provide worldly > joy and comforts as well as salvation without any more re-births. > > Many devotees visit this temple during the Vaishakha period as it is > considered to be especially bountiful. Vaishakha is the period when the > Lord, along with Lakshmi Devi travels through the sky. This season is > considered to be the best for the worship of the lord as it is the time > when the world is filled with flowers and fruits and this is the reason for > the Lord to visit the earth at this time. Those who worship Lord Vishnu at > this time are blessed with all wealth and salvation. All the Devas and the > Holy Rivers make their presence in the water bodies of the earth at this > time. It is auspicious to have a bath early in the morning and visit the > Vishnu temples during the Vaishakha period. > > The Skandapurana states that even taking one step to have a bath in the > holy waters during this time will give as much weal as is gained by > performing ten thousand Ashwamedha Yagas. > > Worshipping the Lord at Anandapuram, which is considered to be the > Vaikunda on earth, during Vaishakha in the morning after a bath, will > bring all worldly joy and eternal salvation. > > *My note- The temple is more crowded with devotees. I never expected large > number of devotees.* > > 5 Pooja Timings > > THE TEMPLE OPENS AT 5:00 AM > > 5:00 AM: Nada Thurakkal 5:30 AM: Nirmalyam > > 7:00 AM: Usha Pooja 9:30 AM: Ucha Pooja > > TEMPLE CLOSES AT 10:00 AM > > ***TEMPLE WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 5:30 PM > > TEMPLE OPENS AT 5:30 PM > > 7:15 PM: Deeparadhana 7:30 PM: Athazha Pooja > > TEMPLE CLOSES AT 7:45 PM > > My note- On Dwadasa pooja days , temple remains open till 13-00 hours as > I observed. > > 6 Festivals > > The anual festival is held for 8 days in the Malayalam month of Medom. The > other festivals celebrated are Ashtami Rohini, Vishu, Thiruvonam, Mandala > Pooja & Navarathiri are also celebrated. > > 7 Main Offerings > > Most important are-Inappudava, Nazhiyum Pidiyum, and Dwadasa Nama Pooja. > > important offerings with charges are listed below:- > > Arakkaappu Charthal ₹1001 Arakudam Palabhishekam₹751 > > Ashtadravya Ganapathy Homam₹501 > > Brahmarakshassinu Pooja₹251 > > Choroonu₹201 Dhara - 101 Kudam₹501 > > Dhara-1001 Kudam(Load shivan)₹2501 > > Dwaadhasha Naama pooja₹12001 > > Enna Abhishekam₹501 Ganapathy Homam₹501 > > Half Kudam Paalabhishekam₹801 > > Half Kudam Paalpayasam₹801 > > Inapudava Charthal₹501 Kachavada Charth₹1501 > > Kalabhabhishekam₹12001 > > Kalabham₹10001 Kedavilakku₹501 > > Lakshmi Narayana Pooja₹251 Maha Ganapathi Havanam₹1001 > > Mahanivedhyam₹751 Mruthyunjaya Homam₹501 > > uneeswara Pooja₹251Murajapam₹5001 > > Muzhukkaap₹1501Naazhiyum Pidiyum₹1001 > > Nakshathra Pooja₹251 Navagraha Pooja₹501 > > Nei Payasam₹200 Nelpara₹100 > > Niramala₹3501 Niramala (Akath)₹1001 > > Nithyanidanam₹1501 Oru Divasathe Pooja₹501 > > Oru kudam paal kondu Payasam₹1501 > > Oru nerathe Pooja₹351Ottayappam₹101 > > Paalabhishekam (1 kudam)₹1501 > > Pattu nadakkal vakkal (pattu kondu varanam)₹51 > > Pradosha Pooja₹251Rahu pooja₹251 > > Sarppa Pooja₹251Sharkara Payasam₹80 > > Sudarshana Homam₹501 > > Thrikaalapooja₹501 Thulaabhaaram₹101 > > Udayaasthamana Pooja ₹12001 > > Ulsavabali₹15001 Uma Maheswara Pooja₹251 > > Vivaham₹501 > > My note- For Dwadasa pooja I paid cheque for the amount as two parts, as > desired by them. > > 8How To Reach > > 4 KMs from Nellayi junction and opposite to Sree Krishna High School, > Anandapuram. 6 KMs from Inrijakkuda. While coming from Nellayi, one could > see Ayurvedic Hospitals of Kalan, Nellayi > > 9Address: > > Mahavishnu Temple Road, Anandapuram, Kerala 680305 > > Contact Nos. of temple : 0480-2881679 0480-2882839 > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" 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/iyer123/1178778948.1599546.1720408874438%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1178778948.1599546.1720408874438%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]. 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