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ARANMULA PARTHASARATHI |
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| Nilakkal in
those days was a forest inhabited by so thousand souls. In course of time it became
uninhabitable due to scarcity of water and frequent attacks Marava marauders. The
inhabitants were thus forced make an exodus and they carried their idol with them. The
merciful Lord Himself in the guise of a Brahmachari wandered along the banks of the Pampa
and showed them the place to live in. That was Aranmula. Since the people carried their
idol in a raft made of six bamboo pieces the place acquired the name Aranmula ('Aaru'
being six and 'Mula' meaning bamboo). Some hold that the name may be a corruption of
"Arin Vilai", that is a land fringed by a river. |
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