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Royalty
is endowed with an aura of majesty, which magnifies its status, dignifies its
status and signifies its high and exalted birth, and power. Certain amount of
pomposity and authority are its inalienable accompaniments and they justify
under ordinary conditions too. Extension of reverence anticipates some dazzle
and and glow; for, they instill reverential awe in the beholders. Homage then
naturally gets enkindled and flows down unconsciously. That is the cause of
commanding respect, even though that royal personage is lily - livered, or born
as grotesque museum exhibit piece. Even in these days of democracy, the royalty
is receiving some sort of respect on its appearance. The Lord of Mount Kailas, a
by - word for simplicity, is always seen in his simplest, serene form of a
nomadic ascetic, semi naked body smeared all over the lalata and chest with
white ashes, head with matted hair knotted on, hands holding kapala, trident,
damaru and fire pot justifying, as it were, the role of eternal sentinel of
burial ground, littered with burnt-out faggots and broken pots etc. But if once
he assumes the form of Rajadhiraja, certainly he sees, rather bids to be adorned
with dazzling diamond decked crown to match with shimnering silks draped from
neck to feet. With these alone, he keeps up his due dignity and exercises his
hold over the subjects. It is but natural that he wants his people to look upon
him with reverential awe. The temple at Taliparamba, where the archamurti is
conceived as Rajaddhiraja is establishing his supremacy with receiving worship
normally due to
imperial personage. See what else one observes here and, how he is perpetuating
his rule over the adorers. The temple authorities or the originators of the
traditions merit all veneration due.
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