KUTALAMANIKYAM

He visited this shrine too. Alas! his ambition was misfired; mission went up in smoke; for, the conch shell embodying the divinities of several deities slipped from his hand here and broke into many pieces. Instantly the collected powers merged into the presiding deity of this temple. So the archamurthi of this temple is uniting in himself all those powers. Though the saint went back empty - handed and broken - hearted, it did incalculable services to the worshipper of this deity. As the divinities of gods merged in the image of Bharata, he is called the Sangameswara.

Would not the temple thus emerged indisputably become the holiest, viewed from any angle? Even if it is seen with coloured glasses, they do give a colourful picture, and thereby heighten the multi-coloured glory of that multi - dimensional personality. A visit convinces and cleanses one from all the impurities sticking onto mind, body and soul.

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