Hindu temple in Kerala, India
EravikulangaraBhagavathy Temple is an ancientHindu temple in theErnakulam district ofKerala,India, dedicated toBhagavanSivan and BhagavanAyyappan.[1]
The temple is situated in the village ofAkaparambu, betweenKalady (the birthplace ofAdi Sankara) andAluva. The temple is almost a kilometer away from theNedumbassery International Airport and 500 meters away from the Kariyad Junction atNH47.
Prathistha (Origin)
[edit]The Ashtamangalya prasna conducted here has revealed that the temple is around 1600 years old. It is also understood from the prasna that ages back the temple was amidst a dense forest and presence of Devi was found here.Vilwamangalam Swamiyar had 'TheDarshan ofDevi' (the sight of the divine) at this place, hence the hillock where the temple is situated is also called Thiruviluam Kunnu.
The presence of Lord Shiva and Sastha (Ayyappan) were also found later on and devotees started to worship them too. A Thambula Prasna was conducted in the year 2007. It has emphasized the need of Prathishta of Brahma Rakshas andNāga Sarppam in the temple premises and it is done with thanthric rituals in October 2008
There are variousaitihya told about this temple.
- ABrahmachari Brahman scholar in the nearby Padappa Mana, known as Sankara Sarma, was worshipingBhadrakali in hisIllam. When he wanted to go forSanyasa, he performed prathishta ofBhadrakali in this temple and left forKasi. The goddess has become so powerful due to the prana prathishta done by thisAcharya.
- Old timers have been reminiscing many legendary events about this sacred temple. One of them is about a ‘Divine light’ that was seen in the dense forest on the bank of the lake by the villagers who went to graze their cattle. The news had spread " Aa parambil adbhudam!!!". This land was later known as Akapparambu. People started worshiping the divine presence there, which later on transformed as this temple.
- Once two youths were enacting as Bhadrakali andDarika. During the play both of them had the presence of Devi andAsura in them. The play went on and Devi chopped the head of Darika. His body and head had become two rocks and these rocks still exist near the temple. These are called as "Darika Para".
- One more story is told about these rocks. There was a washerwoman (Velathy) who used to wash clothes regularly in the lake. One day when she had more clothes to wash, she was worried since it was about to be dusk. She took a twig and stuck it in the ground and prayed that sun should not cross the stick before she completed her washing. WhenLord Soorya became still, Devi realized it. Devi cursed that woman and she along with her cloth bundle became two rocks. Hence the same rocks are also called as "Velathy Kallu". The big lake, which is at the south side of the temple, has good significance as per the aitihya and is maintained as it was.
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