Janaki Jambunathan
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Holidaying in Kerala last week near Cherthala I could visit these temples as well
Thuravoor is famous for the 'Narasimha Swamy' temple which is dedicated to the fourth incarnation (avatara) of Vishnu, the Narasimha. The temple has two main deities, the Vadakkanappan (Lord Narasimha) and the Tekkanappan (Lord Sudurshana), which is rare in the temples of Kerala.
Thuravoor Purandareswarath Sree Mahadevar Kshethram
The incarnation of Lord Shiva at Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple believed as a form of Sarabha Murthy. The incarnation of lord Sarabha is that mellowed Lord Vishnu’s ominous form of the breast-bursting, blood-sucking Narasimha. He is the heavenly deliverer of mental bliss. Praying him can make anyone "calm of mind, all passion spent". So, Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple has a primordial relation to the legendary Narasimhamoorthy Temple, Thuravoor. As Mammiyoor Siva Temple is to Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, so is Purandareswarath Maha Deva Temple to Thuravoor Narasimhamoorthy Temple. Of these different deities ‘Ceremonially arriving’ at Thuravoor on the holy Deepavali Festival Day for the ritualistic ensemble called "Kootti Ezhunnellath", Lord Purandareswara is the lone Siva deity among the other deities. So, every devotee who goes to Thuravoor Mahakshethram is supposed to go to Purandareswaram Kshethram also, as the ritual goes.
This visit to these temples has created lot of interest on Narsimha and Sarabeswara and I should be posting about them!
Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam was available afte 12PM and I missed it
Unlike here no Namam on the walls or on the forehead of temple staff & the temple elephant!
There is a Ganapathi sanidhi in one of these temples
In Kaladi in Sringeri Sankar Mutt the - Janma stanam of Adhi Shankara The Krishnan Koil is very Popular It has been the ancestral traditional temple of Shankars family .
Thuravoor is famous for the 'Narasimha Swamy' temple which is dedicated to the fourth incarnation (avatara) of Vishnu, the Narasimha. The temple has two main deities, the Vadakkanappan (Lord Narasimha) and the Tekkanappan (Lord Sudurshana), which is rare in the temples of Kerala.
Thuravoor Purandareswarath Sree Mahadevar Kshethram
The incarnation of Lord Shiva at Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple believed as a form of Sarabha Murthy. The incarnation of lord Sarabha is that mellowed Lord Vishnu’s ominous form of the breast-bursting, blood-sucking Narasimha. He is the heavenly deliverer of mental bliss. Praying him can make anyone "calm of mind, all passion spent". So, Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple has a primordial relation to the legendary Narasimhamoorthy Temple, Thuravoor. As Mammiyoor Siva Temple is to Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, so is Purandareswarath Maha Deva Temple to Thuravoor Narasimhamoorthy Temple. Of these different deities ‘Ceremonially arriving’ at Thuravoor on the holy Deepavali Festival Day for the ritualistic ensemble called "Kootti Ezhunnellath", Lord Purandareswara is the lone Siva deity among the other deities. So, every devotee who goes to Thuravoor Mahakshethram is supposed to go to Purandareswaram Kshethram also, as the ritual goes.
This visit to these temples has created lot of interest on Narsimha and Sarabeswara and I should be posting about them!
Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam was available afte 12PM and I missed it
Unlike here no Namam on the walls or on the forehead of temple staff & the temple elephant!
There is a Ganapathi sanidhi in one of these temples
In Kaladi in Sringeri Sankar Mutt the - Janma stanam of Adhi Shankara The Krishnan Koil is very Popular It has been the ancestral traditional temple of Shankars family .
