AMBAZHAPUZHA KRISHNA

When acquainted with its unusual sweetness the Swamiyar at once realised that it was Bhagawan Krishna's flute that enraptured the region with its divine music. At once both of them set out to locate the source. And the sound was found emanating from the Aswartha tree now lying in the temple campus. Circumambulating the tree, the Swamiyar made prostration to it. Tampuran was informed of the presence of Balagopala in the tree, and being a haribhakta of supreme type, he availed the darsan of the Bhagawan with the soul powers of the Swamiyar.

He then lost no time to building a grand shrine for Krishna, and made in enhancing granite image for installation. Auspicious time was fixed. Just before the commencement of consecration, the learned Nambudiri conducting the agamic rituals found-out a defect in the idol and said that it was not fit for installation due to wrong selection of the rock. It paralyzed the Thampuran and disappointed the audience. Disillusionment held its grip on all the assembled.

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