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THE LORD OF GURUVAYUR |
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Time was when
local chiefs bore the expenses of several items in the temple. For example, the Cochin
ruler conducted athazha (night) pooja, the Cochin Vaiyamma Thampuran, ushapayasam (pudding
for early morning pooja) the Zamorin of Calicut, cooked rice and the Trivandrum Maharaja,
palpayasam (the milk pudding). Now all these offerings have stopped. But those of common
devotees have increased enormously and in this respect this temple ranks high among Kerala
temples.
This temple, along with several other Kerala temples, was a prey to attack by Tipu Sultan,
and also to repeat fires. In 964 Malayalam era, (1789 A.D.) Tipu's army attacked the
temple and almost destroyed it. But when they heard that the temple belonged to Cochin
ruler with whom Tipu had good relation's further attack was abandoned and the sanctum was
thus saved. |
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