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ATEMPLE FOR RAMA AND LAKSHMANA |
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It is on
Guruvayur Ekadasi day (November- December) that devotees undertake the ritual. On other
days it is supposed to be haunted by spirits. It is full of ups and downs, stones,
boulders and pits. At some places one has to kneel down and crawl. There are spots where
it is pitch dark with no air and therefore suffocating. Yet hundreds of devotees
cheerfully go through this ordeal, chanting the Lord's names. After coming out of the cave
they take bath in several holy tirthas-Papanasini, Patala tirtha, Ambu tirtha and Kombu
tirtha.
The story goes that it was Parasurama who brought the Ganges to Kerala, which is known as
Bharatapuzha. Just as the Ganga has several bathing ghats, with each having a Siva temple,
on the banks of Bharatapuzha there are five holy places-Tiruvilwamala, Tiruchikuzhi,
Tirthala, Tirunavayi, and Tirumittakoclu. Besides there are several Vishnu-Siva temples
also on either side. What is Manikarnika ghat in Varanasi isTiruvilwamala to Bharatapuzha.
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