RYALI

UMAKAMANDALESWAR TEMPLE 

This little village possesses yet another great marvel Uma Kamandaleswar shrine lying just a kilometre off this one. It is situated right opposite, separated by the road running in the centre of the village, as it were. By and large its legend too is of no mean distinction. Though this shrine is small, comparatively modest in construction and the extent of occupancy, its legend too is quite grand and gripping, and moreover traces the origin of the name of this place, called the famous Ratnapuri once.

Its fascinating beginning springs from the cause of the episode of Ksheerasagaramadana by both devas and danavas. In order to safeguard themselves from the mortifying brutal acts of danavas, always culminating in fatality, devas decided to achieve immortality by drinking - amrit - nectar-a single draught of which makes the drinker immune from death. After due consultation, churning of Ksheerasagara for nectar was found to be the only possibility of becoming death-proof. At once arrangements were made with the hearty cooperation of danavas by making Vasuki as rope for churning, with Mahavishnu bearing Mandara Parvatha on his back to facilitating successful completion. When halahalam emerged from the ocean, Lord Siva drank in to saving the worlds from instant conflagration, and in consequence grew drowsy for a while. During then emerged from the ocean, Iravatha, Lakshmi, Uchaisravam etc., which were owned by devas by tricking out the danavas. With the appearance of the pot of nectar, both parties turned uproarious with equal claims.

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