LORD MANJUNATH OF DHARMASTHALA

THE ADVENT OF MANJUNATHASWAMY

Being humane and highly evolved spiritually, they wanted to share this fortune to one and all. So they invited the brahmins to attend to consecreting the deities and offer pujas as agamas prescribed, but they bluntly refused entering the newly built shrines saying, "Daivas shall be worshipped only along with gods, and we will attend when the images of gods are installed". It was a mortal blow to Perggades and they reeled under heavy grief. When they poured out their souls to the Daivas, consoling they bade their vassal Annappa to bring from Kadri, the Sivalinga of Manjunathaswamy and enshrine it in the temple first. Annappa carried out the divine bidding without loss of a single second. Installation took place to the satisfaction of all. Manjunathaswamy thus came to be worshipped here by the side the shrines built for the Dharmadevatas. 

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