TRIPRAYAR - CLOSING OF WESTERN GATE

This self-same temple springs another surprise with one more oddity. This refers to the closing of western gate at the instance of Bilwamangala Swamiyar of high spiritual eminence. He was a sage-seer and toured every part of Kerala and introduced awesome traditions in many shrines of great antiquity. His ordering the closure of western gate of the temple has a bizarre background that begins with the installation of archamurti itself.

The installation of Rama's image at Triprayar has an awesome background and it heightens the glory of the Lord to an unprecedented level, and endowed the idol and temple with heavenly sanctity. During the consultation with the learned agama pandits for the installation of Rama's statue, a mystery surfaced all on a sudden with an audible, but invisible voice directed Kaimal the local king and the men in the assembly deliberating over the place of installation, that they had to install it at the exact spot below a peacock seen flying just at the auspicious moment fixed. Considering the injunction as heaven-sent, preparations for pratishta went on war-footing, and they all assembled there and were awaiting the subhaghatika - looking up for the peacock to appear. 

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