SRI VADAKKUNATHAN OF TRICHUR

THE SHRINE SANKHA AND CHAKRA

The last worth-seeing object of veneration is a small rectangular roofless shrine containing Sankha and Chakra, built in memory of Adi Sankara.

They come into existence due to the munificent boons showered by the Presiding deity - Vadakkunathan on the deserving adorers. Incidentally it helps in tracing the period of construction of this great shrine. The temple existed even before that great Adwaitamata Pitadhipathi Sri Sankaracharya was born. And it is this Lord that was born as son to Aryamba who later blossomed into an illustrious Sankaracharya who did yeoman service to Hinduism, when Jainism and Buddhism posed great threats for the extinction of that all adorable Hinduism.

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