| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE FIERCE LORD OF ETTUMANUR |
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that it was the Sage Khara who installed Siva at Ettumanur. It was the same Khara who
installed the Shivalinga at Vaikom and Keduthuruthi as described in the Chapter on Vaikom
temple. It is always held meritorious to have the darshan of these three temples on the
same day. Long ago Khara conducted intense penance to propitiate Siva who appeared before him and asked to name any boon he desired. Khara requested that Siva should always be with him. Khara was an expert at assuming various shapes of man and beast. One day he wished to ramble like a door. Siva who followed him through hills and dales got completely exhausted and finally unable to follow the deer carried it in his hands. So the place where the deer was, carried by Siva became in Malayalam -Ettiya (carried)---Maan (deer) ooru (place) which came to be known as Ettumanur.
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