GURUPAVANAPURA

For, it was the favorite abode of the divine adarsa dampathis - Uma and Maheswar even before the installation of the idol of Balakrishna in the Srikoil; it is this kshetra that fulfilled every clause of the injunction for installation by Lord Krishna himself before his final disappearance from the world; it is this self-same kshetra sanctified by Brihaspati - preceptor of gods, and Vayu - God of wind by their eternal presence after Vigraha Pratishtha; it is here the far-famed Narayana Bhattathiri's magnum opus was composed; it is here, Janemejaya was rid of leprosy; it is here a Pandyan King succeeded to getting immunity from cobra bite; it is for this temple, the Muslim King Tippu Sultan made enormous endowments; it is for this shrine, the British Government accorded Sarvamanyam exemption from payment of land revenue; it is in this temple ancient traditions in their pristine purity are observed with scrupulous attention to every detail, and it is this temple that has on its roll, as it were, hundreds of celebrated beneficiaries of international reputation in every field of human endeavor. 

Innumerable are the instances of desperate devotees reaping celestial bliss along with worldly success of spectacular magnitude on becoming devotees; dwelling all over the world Millions of miracles that occurred in the lives of devotees transformed this small, yet superb sanctum into a supreme citadel of unfailing faith in divinity.

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