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The
Mulavirat representing Rajarajeswara in the form of linga is about
three feet in height. The decoration, particularly with philander
lends ethereal charms and heightens its dignity. The artful expert
decoration of making the eyes prominently broad on either side of
the well-cut nose heightens the grandeur of the image and gives a
royal banquet to the eyes. None takes off his look instantly; but
rivets his gaze to enjoy the thrills passing the spires at the grand
sight of this Rajarajeswara. The resplendent charms of the Lord
linger longer in the minds of the viewers, even after leaving the
temple. It beckons visits numerous any prayers multifarious. Indeed
it inspired and ignited the slumbering creative instincts in eminent
poets too. Thoroughly lost in the enjoyment of rare bliss, the icon
of Rajarajeswara radiating from His mesmerizing beauty, .one Uddanda
Sastri,a great poet fell into ecstatic raptures and composed
marvelous poems on the spot. His rhapsody reflects the infinite joy
he experienced at the sight of that captivating icon. Though this
Nirgunopasaka used to stand and see every archamurti in the temple
visited, he never either joined his palms nor uttered a single word
in praises icons. This Rajarajeswara not only made him raise his
hands in veneration, but opened his mouth in composition of verses
in his praise. Prostrations to thee Rajarajeswara for teaching
the superiority of Sagunopasana
over Nirgunopasana. His imperial majesty bends the unbendable thus,
but never it bent before any. It contains all the component parts of
temple like, dwajasthambha, gopura, garbha griha etc., and above all
is built amidst Nature's bounteous green and so attracts the bhaktas
most.
It
is about 2 km off the bus stand and the railway station of the town
of Taliparamba in Kerala.
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