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There are other
shrines in Kerala like Thirumandamkunnu, Kodungallur and Panayannar kavu where the main
Pratishta is Siva but the importance is for Bhagavati. How does one account for this?
This writer met octogenarian Balakrishna Varrier that had served the temple as an
attendant for forty years Explaining the phenomenon he half-jokingly asked me "Have
you heard it said that Siva becomes. Sava (corpse) without his consort, Uma 'Then he
quoted the firs sloka of Saundarya Lahiri:
"Siva saktya yukto yadi bhavati saktahprabha vidtum
na chedevam devo nakhalu kusalah spanditumapi
Atastwamaradhyam Hari Hera virinchadibhi rapi
pranantum stotum va kathamkritapunyah Prabhavati."
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