UNMELTABLE GHEE - VADAKKUNATHAN ANBALAM

Many surprises greet the devotee first on entering the Vadakkunathan Srikoil. The Mahalinga  obtained by Parasurama is installed here facing west, and due to offering of constant ablisheka with cow's ghee, it is formed into a tall 10-foot-high mound. Though it is surrounded by burning oil lamps round the clock and for centuries, the mound neither melted off; nor lost its shape, Is it not Sivamahima? Yes, the Vadakkunathan's.eternal miracle! The temple's unique blessing too. Moreover. one sees neither an insect, nor his nose is assailed by, bad ardor. This centuries old ghee is in great, demand for making herbal preparation to cure diseases. The ghee abhisheka being the Lord's favorite, devotees offer it with due prayers quite often.

A deep study of Parasuram the august person will be rejuvenating. elevating and rewarding to every one, regardless of a wide variety of his limitations. He is the creator and sustainer of kerala. No where his fervor for religious awakening surfaced as it did at Tiru - siva- perur, the shortened soulless Anglicized form of Trichur we are familiar with. It is here his ardor for spiritual glorification of the land reached the Zenith and made him pole star among the nation - builders. It is on account of his deep meditation, there emerged the images of Mahavishnu, Sivalinga, and Sankaranarayana - a combined from Siva and Vishnu. Though almost all temples of Kerala are bearing the imprints of his Zeal for religious regeneration, this temple besides enshrining those images is retaining many vestiges in the form of vedikas and rituals. Without modification. It is his gift and the best one at it. 

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