LORD RAJARAJESWARA OF TALIPARAMBA

It is here scholars and literary men of great eminence were honored as they are done by emperors, the patrons of arts and crafts; it is this temple's Lord that tendered Jnanopadesa to Sivayogi; it is to this temple Bhargavarama brought 15,000 Brahmins for conducting uninterrupted pujas on the line of Agamas; it was this temple's priest who exercised spiritual and secular powers like Mahasamrat at it; it is this temple sanctified by Srirama's visit on his way back home with Sita; it is this pale deemed the only holiest spot without cremation ground and hence the fittest to install the Sivalinga given to Mandhata by Lord Siva; and it is this place made sacrosanct with the three lingas given to different Bhaktas by Lord Siva on three different occasions; it is this presiding deity observing mourning at the death of Zamorins since the Sayujyamukti attained by one Zamorin in the dim past; it is to this temple every pregnant woman comes to worship for the blessings of high status to the child to be born; it is here MOTHER Sati's head fell when Lord Mahavishnu cut her corpse, carried by Lord Siva after her self-immolation; it is this archamurthi who sent black cobra and hooded serpents to sacre away the soldiers of Tippu and bit the army chief who withdrew without further attack; it is here naiamrut offering is very popular; it is this temple that banned admission to women for worship during day and allows them after night puja and it is one of the Siva temples drawing theists since time immoral. It was called by two more names - Perinjellur and Lakshmipuram.

Consecrated by three Siva lingas, blessed by Lord Siva to the illustrious Bhaktas of legendary and historical fame, patronised by intellectuals, having tendered Jnanopadesa to the deserving; set, at nougat the formidable iconoclasts by immobilising the army, and accepting only the royal honours, this temple's Mulavirat is luring the devotees since the Vedic times.

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