TIRUVIL WAMALA - THE SEAT OF RAMA & LAKSHMANA

Besides this immense wealth of Nature, the temple's spiritual wealth bids instant devotion for it is enshrining a five-foot-high magnificent Hanuman image to the south of eastern gateway in the role of kshetrapalaka, safeguarding the spiritual wealth and growth of the temple; it is here Amalakan, the son of Kasyapa Prajapati turned the mischievous danavas into rocks and succeeded in, making Mahavishnu present eternally; it is here the celestial architect Vishwakarma built a cave called Punarjanani for freeing mankind from the vicious circle of births and deaths; it is here Panchapandavas worshipped the brothers for attaining Sadgati, it is this temple deemed once the richest among -Kerala temples with one lakh paras of paddy as income from lands, it is to this deity several princes vied with one another in performing sevas with offering; it is here Mahavishnu taking the man-lion form - Narasimha killed an asura for polluting the precincts with bones of animals he had eaten; it is here Bilvamangalaswamy appeased the Lord's anger with stotras; it is in this temple Parasuram installed the image of Mahavishnu granted to him by Lord Siva and liberated his parents together with appointing tantris as personnel for management of the temple besides dwelling here for some time; it is this temple that was spared from attack by Tippu due to its location in his friend's territory. 

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