LORD KRISHNA OF TRICHAMBRAM

The custom of offering Naivedyam to the Lord soon after opening the doors in the morning is in contradiction to the prevalent one in temples all over the land. After elaborate rituals lasting for hours, naivedyam is offered and that marks the close of further rituals. But here the priests offer without attending to even the Nirmalya ritual. Why? The Lord's hunger was so keen and filling the stomach was so demanding that did not like delay, nor stand formalities. Has not he exhausted all his superabundant energy in killing the elephant, wrestlers and formidable Kamsa? So the practice is praise worthy. Another! Prohibition of elephants in the premises. 

The Lord developed resentment for elephants, the movement the royal elephant Charged him at the instance Mohut, of course, by Kamsa in fact. If any pachyderm appears, it bites the dust invariably. Here is an incident that bears testimony to this.     

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