WHAT STORY BEHIND THE ONAM FESTIVAL?
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| ONAM STORY |
INTRODUCTION:
LOCATION:
THE TEMPLE IS LOCATED AT THIRUKKADKARAI IN THE ERNAKULAM DISTRICT OF KERALA. IT IS LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 4 KM FROM THRISSUR AND 4 KM FROM IRINJALAKUDA.
TEMPLE TIMING & KNOWN FOR:
NAMMAZHVAR HAS SUNG TEN PARTS PRAISING THE LORD IN THIS TEMPLE WHICH IS ONE OF THE 108 VAISHNAVA TEMPLES. THEY MAKE OFFERINGS OF LENTILS TO LORD VISHNU. HERE IS THE KAPILA THEERTHAM CREATED BY SAGE KAPILA. THIS IS WHAT THE TEMPLE THEERTHAM IS USED FOR. THE TEMPLE IS OPEN DAILY FROM 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. AND FROM 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M.
HIGHLIGHTS OF TEMPLE:
IT IS THE BELIEF OF THE DEVOTEES THAT FOR THOSE WHO COME TO THE PLACE WHERE ONE OF THE TEN APPEARANCES OF THE LORD MAHAVISHNU (APPEARED AS A DWARF), ALL THEIR SINS WILL BE REMOVED AND THEY WILL BE SATISFIED AND PROSPEROUS. ALSO, THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN ,HAVE TO BUY AND BUILD TOY CRADLES IN FRONT OF THE YATSI MANDAPAM OF THE TEMPLE TO GIVE BIRTH TO THEM.
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FOR ONAM FESTIVAL:
THE MAHABALI EMPEROR WAS THE
GRANDSON OF A VISHNU DEVOTEE NAMED PRAKALATHAN.
BOTH OF THEM WERE A DEVOTEE’S OF LORD VISHNU. THE MAHABALI,” KING OF THE ASURA DYNASTY “RULED
THE MALAYALAM NATION. UNDER HIS RULE ALL
THE PEOPLE LIVED WITH CANCER. AT ONE
POINT THE MAHABALI EMPEROR HAD THE IDEA OF BRINGING THE THREE WORLDS UNDER
HIS RULE. FOR THIS HE BEGAN TO CONDUCT A
GREAT FEUD WITH THE ASURA CLAN SUKRACHARYA.
FEARING THAT HE WOULD LOSE
HIS INDRA POSITION DUE TO THE VELVI, INDRALOKA KING INDRA DECIDED TO STOP THE VELVI
SOMEHOW. ACCORDINGLY ALL THE DEVAS
APPEALED TO MAHAVISHNU. WHEN MAHAVISHNU
HEARD THEIR WORDS, HE STOPPED THE VENGEANCE OF MAHABHALI AND SAID THAT HE WOULD
PROTECT THE THREE WORLD.
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| ONAM WISHES |
MAHAVISHNU CAME TO EARTH IN A DWARF FORM THREE FEET HIGH, CARRYING A UMBRELLA IN ONE HAND AND A KAMANDALA IN THE OTHER. THEN HE WENT TO THE PLACE WHERE MAHABALI VELVI WAS CONDUCTED. BUT THE DONATION EVENT HAD ENDED THERE BEFORE THAT.
MAHABALI, WHO WAS THERE,
LOOKED AT VAMANA AND SAID, “YOU HAVE ARRIVED LATE. IT'S OKAY, JUST ASK WHAT YOU WANT AND I'LL
GIVE IT TO YOU.
VAMANA ASKED HIM TO DONATE
THREE FEET OF LAND MEASURING HIS FEET. SUKRACHARYA , WHO WAS THERE AT THE TIME,
SAID, 'MAHAVISHNU HAS COME IN THE FORM OF VAMANA WITH THE INTENTION OF STOPPING
OUR VENGEANCE. SO HE WARNED MAHABALI NOT
TO BE DISAPPOINTED BY DONATING.
BUT MAHABALI, IN DEFIANCE OF
THAT WARNING CAME FORWARD TO DONATE WITH THE KAMANDALA WATER IN VAMANA'S
HAND. SUKRACHARYA, WHO WANTED TO STOP
IT, TRANSFORMED INTO A BEETLE AND BLOCKED THE WAY FOR THE WATER TO FLOW OUT. VAMANA IMMEDIATELY TOOK A DHARPAIPULLA AND
PIERCED SUKRACH SARIYAR'S EYE. SO
SUKRACHA, IN THE FORM OF A WOUNDED BEETLE, CAME OUT OF IT.
HE GOT WATER FROM VAMANA’S KAMANDALA
AND LEFT IT ON THE GROUND AND BECAME A DONOR OF VAMANA’S WISH. IMMEDIATELY, VAMANA’S APPEARANCE BECAME
ENORMOUS, MEASURING ONE FOOT PLANET, SECOND FOOT WITH THE SKY. LATER, HE ASKED
MAHABALI IF THE LAND WAS SOMEWHERE TO PLACE THE THIRD FOOT. AMAZED AT THIS, MAHABALI WORSHIPED MAHAVISHNU IN THE FORM OF VAMANA AND SAID THAT THEIR THIRD FOOT WAS ON MY HEAD
SAID. VAMANA DID THE SAME AND SCREWED
MAHABALI INTO THE GROUND.
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| ONAM ASHAMSAKAL |
THEN MAHABALI SAID, “LORD, I HAVE GREAT LOVE FOR MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE. GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PEOPLE OF MY COUNTRY ONCE A YEAR. ” MAHAVISHNU, WHO APPEARED IN THE FORM OF VAMANA, ALSO GAVE HIM THE BOON HE ASKED FOR.
ACCORDING TO SOME SOURCES, THE
THIRUKKADKARAI TEMPLE WAS BUILT ON THE SPOT WHERE LORD MAHABHISH VAMANA
APPEARED AND DESTROYED THE MAHABALI KING.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS SAID THAT AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF MAHABALI,
SAGE KAPILA WANTED TO SEE LORD VISHNU IN THE FORM OF A DWARF, AND TO FULFILL
HIS WISH, LORD VISHNU APPEARED HERE IN THE FORM OF A DWARF, AND THE TEMPLE WAS
LOCATED AT THE PLACE WHERE KAPIL A APPEARED.
IN THE FORM OF MAHAVISHNU VAMANA HE STANDS
TOWARDS THE SOUTH WITH FOUR ARMS, HOLDING A CONCH, A WHEEL, A SWORD AND A LOTUS. HE IS CALLED 'THIRUKKADKARAYAPPAN' WHO LOOKS
LIKE A VAMANA. THE GODDESS HERE IS
CALLED 'VATSALYAVALLI' (GREAT SELVANAYAKI).
THE TEMPLE HAS SEPARATE SANNITHI FOR BHAGWATI AMMAN, SHASTA,
GOPALAKRISHNAN, BRAHMARATSASAN AND YATSI.
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THE SHIVA TEMPLE IS LOCATED
OPPOSITE TO THIS TEMPLE, WORSHIPED BY MAHABALI. THIS TEMPLE IS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE 'SOUTH COAST DEVAR TEMPLE', WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY KING
MAHABALI. IN THE TEMPLE THERE ARE
SHRINES TO PARVATI, DURGA, GANAPATI AND MURUGAN.
DEVOTEES WHO VISIT THIS
TEMPLE FIRST WORSHIP LORD SHIVA IN FRONT AND THEN VAMANA. IN THIS TEMPLE, MILK IS MADE FOR VAMANA AND
GHEE IS MADE FOR LORD SHIVA. ACCORDING
TO THE MALAYALAM CALENDAR, THE THIRUVONAM FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED FOR 10 DAYS IN
THE MONTH OF SINGAM (AVANI) IN THIS TEMPLE.
DURING THE FESTIVAL, VARIOUS ART PERFORMANCES SUCH AS SAKKIYAR KOOTHU,
OTTAM THULLAL, KATHAKALI AND PADAKAM ARE HELD.
ONAM FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED,FOR BRING DOWN THE MAHABALI KING BY LORD VISHNU. THE MAIN THEME IS
DON'T TRY CONQUER OTHER BY FORCE, CONQUER WITH LOVE
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