RE: [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Nrisimha Jayanthi - Karukapurthur Sri Narasimha Moorthi Kshetram

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!!!OM Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya Namo Narayanaya

Namaha "

 

Dear Vindo and Shri Raman,

Namasivaya, As you are both mentioned about sri

Narasimha Moorthi kshetram of Thuravur and Sri

ThriKadangallur swamy kshetram. while reading about

this kshetram I wish to infrom you there is one more

Narasimha moorthi kshetram. Acutally this kshetram

situated in Thrissur District (Boarder of palakkad

district)around 13 to 15 KM meter from Pattambi -

Bharatapuzha Nila theeram and hardly 10 to 15 Km from

Mezhathur (Parchipetta Pandirukulam, Mezhathu

agnihotri) Karukaputhur Sri Narasihma moorthi

kshetram.while going guruvayur there is on place

called vavanur you have get down vavanur,from there

hardly 7 K.M between vavanur and Chathanur this

Kshetram situated. I saw this kshetram from outside

and really its very big temple. I do not have chance

to get narasihma moorthi Dharsanam. While I am going

vacation I have plan to visit this kshetram.

 

Hare Krishna Hare Hare

S.Varrier

 

--- " PS, Vinod K (GE Energy) " <vinod.ps wrote:

 

> !! Sri Rama Jayam !!

>

> Dear Shri Raman,

>

> As you mentioned, Thuravur Sri Narasimha swamy

> kshetram is a very popular abode of Lord lying very

> near to Cherthala, in the Ernakulam-Allapuzha N H.

> Though I have only seen the outward view of this

> temple quite a number of times, I am yet not blessed

> to visit there. There is a small tank lying in front

> of the temple, which adds more beauty to the temple

> architecture. I understand from ur mail that you

> have a good knowledge base abt the temple history,

> traditions & contemporary occurences. Please put

> some effort to share the info within our group.

>

> Sri ThriKadangallur is again yet another Narasimha

> swamy temple situated in Alwaye, lying very near to

> my maternal house.

> I have not much to share abt the temple history. As

> heard from my grandmother, tevar's arattu yathra is

> a very popular occurence, where the idol of Tevar is

> carried over a selected Gajarajan of the respective

> year (fully decorated with all Vishnu symbols)

> accompanied by Panchavadyam, melam & a long chain of

> devotees with oil-lamps chanting the most holy names

> of the Lord. The crackers & light festival

> multiplies the attraction of the historical

> procession. The temple lies very adjacent to

> Aluva-Varapuzha private bus route, which is totally

> frozen on the day of procession. The procession

> starts from the Kadangallur temple & ends at Periyar

> river (where resides Aluva Tevar - Siva & Parvati).

> It is assumed that the lord being seated on the

> elephant represents the form of Bhumipathi (the king

> of earth) blessing all his citizens & his dear wife

> Bhumi devi also. The route of procession is yet

> another aspect of interest. It's so becoz, Lord in

> the course of his travel happens to arrive at Mother

> Mary Church lying exactly at the center of city

> (Thottakkattukara at NH 47). That's a big time for

> devotees, where Lord meets his dear sister Mother

> Mary & enquires her whereabouts. It is said that big

> brother also offers certain gifts to his little

> sister. This is one of the most quotable example of

> religious harmony.

> The travel resumes & finally reaches the land of

> Aluva Sivaratri very well known as Manalpuram (sandy

> surface). Lord Siva with his consort Devi Maheshwari

> (also addressed as Sri Vishnu's sister) welcomes

> their beloved Lord & invites to have the holy bath

> of the year called " Arattu " in periyar. This

> represents the unification of Siva & Vishnu, the

> dearmost Lords of the devotee kingdom.

>

> What else any devotee would have asked to witness

> than this ?

>

> Hare Krishna

> Hare Rama

>

>

>

> guruvayur

> [guruvayur ]On Behalf Of

> GANAPATHY RAMAN

> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:43 AM

> guruvayur

> RE: [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Nrisimha

> Jayanthi

>

>

> Dear Vinod,

> A master piece of Lord Narasimha you hv

> posted.Really fantastic.Of the many avatars of

> Vishnu Narasimha avatar has a unique

> place.Hirnayakasibhu got the boon from Siva that

> death shuld not come to him from

> Man,Animal,Weapons,During day and Night,Neither

> inside or outside a place,Neither on earth or Sky,no

> blood shuld fall from his body on the earth and if

> it falls again he will get life and all such

> seemingly impossible things to get him killed and

> thereby wanted to flout the law of Nature.Hence

> Vishnu took the avatar of Narasimha to save His

> devotee Prahalada in a form which did His nemesis by

> adhering to all the conditions he put to escape

> death.It is one of the finest avatars of Lord Vishnu

> taken just for the protection of His devotee and

> thereby saved the mankind.Even in Vishnu Sahasranama

> we find this as Narasimhavabhu:Sriman Kesava

> Purushothamah:

> Worshipping Narasimha with great devotion will

> eradicate poverty,confers many benefits and the

> reciter will hv no fear of anything.Narasimha moola

> mantra has 32 bijaaksharas and there is a stotra Sri

> Narasimha Twathrimsat Beejamala Stotra where all the

> 32 beeja aksharas are shown as the beginning of each

> sloka each akshara ..Reciting the same will confer

> enormous benefits is the general belief.Though

> Ahobila Narasimhaswamy temple is very famous there

> are a number of temples dedicated to Narasimha

> another famous temple is in Thuravoor some 30 Km

> from Ernakulam which s a lovely temple.I am not

> going to the history of that temple now.Vaishnavites

> give much importance to this avatar of the Lord

> Vishnu.

>

> Hare Krishna,

> agraman

>

>

> " PS, Vinod K (GE Energy) " <vinod.ps wrote:

>

> !! Sri Rama Jayam !!

>

> " Happy Sri Narasimha Jayanthi "

>

> (Dedicated to Sri ThriKadangallur Muttappan, Alwaye,

> Ernakulam)

>

> Sri Nrisimha Maha-mantra

>

>

>

> ugram viram maha-vishnum

>

>

> jvalantam sarvato mukham

>

>

> nrisimham bhishanam bhadram

>

>

> mrityur mrityum namamy aham

>

>

>

> " I bow down to Lord Narasimha who is ferocious and

> heroic like Lord Vishnu. He is burning from every

> side. He is terrific, auspicious and the death of

> death personified. "

>

>

>

> Lord Ramachandra's Narasimha-Panchamrita

>

> (These prayers are from the 47th chapter of the

> Harivamsa Purana which narrates the story of Lord

> Ramachandra's visit to the holy place of Ahobalam to

> see the Deity of Nrisimha, where Lord Narasimha

> appeared and saved His devotee Prahlada.)

>

>

>

>

>

> ahobalam narasimham gatva ramah pratapavan

>

> namaskutya sri nrisimham astaushit kamala patim

>

>

>

>

> The glorious Rama once visited Ahobala where He saw

> the Deity of Lord Nrisimha. He offered His

> obeisances to Lord Kamalapati (husband of the

> Goddess of Fortune) and prayed as follows.

>

>

>

>

> 1. Govinda keshava janardana vasudeva

>

> vishvesha-vishva madhusudana vishvarupa

>

> shri padmanabha purushottama pushkaraksha

>

> narayanachyuta nrisimho namo namaste

>

>

>

>

> O Govinda, Keshava, Janardana, Vasudeva, Vishvesha

> (the controller of the universe), Vishva,

> Madhusudana, Vishvarupa, Sri Padmanabha,

> Purushottama, Pushkaraksha, Narayana, Achyuta. O

> Lord Narasimha I offer my respectful obeisances unto

> You again and again.

2. Devah samastah khalu gopi mukhyaha

>

> gandharva vidyadhara kinnarash cha

>

> yat pada-mulam satatam namanti

>

>

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