Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Namaste Induji and Jayasankarji, I have heard the story also as narrated by Thottam Krishnan Namboodiri.  I liked his version and the change comes as shown below.     Poonthanam told the story to Melshanthi and those present.  Melshanthi was taken to the banyan tree where he found an identical garland on a stone.  Poonthanam directed Melshanthi to remove the garland which he did.  Immediately the garland on the deity also was removed.  This was Guruvayoorappan's way of letting everyone known about the bhakti of Manjula.  Also Thottam describes Manjula as an elderly lady.  Since then the banyan tree is known as Manjula's aal (banyan tree) or Manjulal.   I like the poetic beauty of Thottam's narration and wanted to share with other devotees. Hari Om! Chith Puram   --- On Thu, 8/20/09, jayasankar vattekkat <> wrote: jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkat [Guruvayur] Story of Manjulal " GURUVAYURAPPAN " <guruvayur >Thursday, August 20, 2009, 10:23 AM  On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:48 AM, jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkat wrote:  Pranamam Induji,  Thank you so much for your expalanation  with Prayers,  Jayasankar --- On Thu, 20/8/09, Indu <sowparnika999 wrote: Indu <sowparnika999Re: [Guruvayur] Story of Manjulalvinodvattekkat Thursday, 20 August, 2009, 6:52 PM Manjula was a virtuous and devout girl belong to Variyar caste Every night she used to bring garlands for the Lord. One day she was late and the temple got closed. She could reach only up to the banyan tree (from where elephant race starts during Utsavam), and started feeling guilty. Poonthanam, on his way back from the temple saw her crying near the banyan tree. He comforted her and said that she could place the garland on the stone at the foot of the banyan tree, since the Lord is everywhere. She was convinced, kept the garland there and went home with satisfaction. Next day morning, the Melsanthi removed all the garlands from the idol, but one garland remained stuck on the idol. The devotees were puzzled but Poonthanam realised last night’s event. It was the garland, which Manjula had placed on the stone at the foot of the banyan tree.       Poonthanam told the story to everyone and then the garland slipped down from the idol. Devotees started chanting the name of the Lord and struggled to collect the flowers from the garland. Worshipers went to the banyan tree to offer their obeisance. Since then, the banyan tree came to be known as Manjulal.    --- On Thu, 8/20/09, jayasankar vattekkat <> wrote: jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkat[Guruvayur] Story of Manjulal " GURUVAYURAPPAN " <guruvayur >Thursday, August 20, 2009, 10:23 AM  ഓം നമോ നാരായണായ:  Pranamam to All,  Anybody can explain me the story of Manjulal  With Prayers,  Jayasankar   See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Buzz. See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Dear Gurudevs, In my childhood, the story we heard was that Manjula was a teenaged warrier girl , who used to give the garlands to Guruvayurappan everyday. One day, an old brahmin who was attracted to her obstructed her path to the temple and hence she got delayed to reach the temple.The next day,the garland was given back to Manjula from the idol in the temple. This was the story ,which was depicted in the malayalam movie, Guruvayurappan, which was released many years ago. My husband, N.V.P .Menon has written a dance drama on Manjula charitham few years ago and that was choreographed and danced in Melpattur auditorium, by Rema rao and group from calicut. This story was slightly different in that the old brahmin who was Guruvayurappan himself who was testing the devotion of Manjula. Any way the tree where, Manjula placed the garland later was called by the name, manjulal. Prayers, Sreedevi menon Om Namo narayanaya --- On Fri, 8/21/09, jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkat wrote: jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkatFw: Re: [Guruvayur] Story of Manjulal"GURUVAYURAPPAN" <guruvayur >Cc: sowparnika999Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 10:48 PM Pranamam Induji, Thank you so much for your expalanation with Prayers, Jayasankar --- On Thu, 20/8/09, Indu <sowparnika999@ > wrote: Indu <sowparnika999@ >Re: [Guruvayur] Story of Manjulalvinodvattekkat@ .co. inThursday, 20 August, 2009, 6:52 PM Manjula was a virtuous and devout girl belong to Variyar caste Every night she used to bring garlands for the Lord. One day she was late and the temple got closed. She could reach only up to the banyan tree (from where elephant race starts during Utsavam), and started feeling guilty. Poonthanam, on his way back from the temple saw her crying near the banyan tree. He comforted her and said that she could place the garland on the stone at the foot of the banyan tree, since the Lord is everywhere.She was convinced, kept the garland there and went home with satisfaction. Next day morning, the Melsanthi removed all the garlands from the idol, but one garland remained stuck on the idol. The devotees were puzzled but Poonthanam realised last night’s event. It was the garland, which Manjula had placed on the stone at the foot of the banyan tree. Poonthanam told the story to everyone and then the garland slipped down from the idol. Devotees started chanting the name of the Lord and struggled to collect the flowers from the garland. Worshipers went to the banyan tree to offer their obeisance. Since then, the banyan tree came to be known as Manjulal. --- On Thu, 8/20/09, jayasankar vattekkat <> wrote: jayasankar vattekkat <vinodvattekkat@ .co. in>[Guruvayur] Story of Manjulal"GURUVAYURAPPAN" <guruvayur@grou ps.com>Thursday, August 20, 2009, 10:23 AM ഓം നമോ നാരായണായ: Pranamam to All, Anybody can explain me the story of Manjulal With Prayers, Jayasankar See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Buzz. See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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