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Nambudiris gathered and a prasnam was held in which it was revealed that the stone be
worshipped as Devi and the adjoining one as Vishnu and both together as Lakshmi Narayana.
The spot where the goddess appeared first is the present Pavizhamallithara on the south
side of the temple.
It was Edathu Nambudiri who built a shrine, performed pooja and administered the temple
for several years. Later some trustees took over. The celebrated Kakkasseri Bhattatiri who
defeated the equally celebrated Uddanda Sastri in a wordy duel was one of the trustees.
They appointed one Ayinakad Nambudiri of Kurumbranad in North Malabar as Manager. But he
became so much engrossed in his devotion to the Bhagawati that he forgot even to maintain
the accounts regularly. During the mandalam (November- December) when the trustees
assembled to perform the customary Eswara seva, they, as usual, asked the manager to
produce the accounts which he could not. They were naturally enraged and were
contemplating action against the defaulter. But the Devi came to the rescue of the
embarrassed Ayinakad. An unknown voice was heard: "I am satisfied with the devotion
of Ayinakad more than his accounts." From this date Ayinakad himself became a
trustee. |
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