ARANMULA PARTHASARATHI

Next year the jubilant Numbudri taking with him 51 paras of rice and other requisite stuff for cooking, sailed to Aranmula and offered pujas to the Lord on a grand scale meeting all the expenses incurred for it. The beat - thoni - carrying him and the materials for feeding, were later called Tiruvonachilavu thoni. The tradition of the boat carrying materials for Puja and feeding is continued even today, for the devout Brahmin denoted all his lands to the temple for conducting this annual ritual with all fanfare due.

Even though centuries passed since his death, the tradition is continued in memory of that great devotee, thereby illustrating the Lord's benign attitude to his Bhaktas. Moreover the old Bhaktas installed an idol of Lord Parthasarathi in his new home at Kudamaloor and prayers are conducted to this also by special priests to perpetuate his memory.   

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