Purandareswaram Mahadevar Temple

About Incarnation

The incarnation of Lord Shiva at Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple believed as a form of “Sarabha Murthy”. The incarnation of lord Sarabha is that mellowed Lord Vishnu’s ominous form of the breast-bursting, blood-sucking Narasimha. Praying him can make anyone “calm of mind, all passion spent”. So, Purandareswarath Sree Maha Deva Temple has a primordial relation to the legen

dary Narasimhamoorthy Temple, Thuravoor. As Mammiyoor Siva Temple is to Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, so is Purandareswarath Maha Deva Temple to Thuravoor Narasimhamoorthy Temple. Of these different deities ‘Ceremonially arriving’ at Thuravoor on the holy Deepavali Festival Day for the ritualistic ensemble called “Kootti Ezhunnellath”, Lord Purandareswara is the lone Siva deity among the other deities. So, every devotee who goes to Thuravoor temple is supposed to go to Purandareswaram temple also, as the ritual goes. The Legend of Origin

Legend has it that a holy Brahmin bound for Vaikom to participate in the “Vaikathashtami” and to have “Ashtami Darsan”, could reach only up to Purandareswarath. Heart –broken at the thought of is failure to reach Vaikom in time and to have Ashtami – Darshan, he cried and prayed Lord Siva in penitence. Lord Siva heard his passionate prayer and emerged before him in all his charismatic grace. Later that Siva grace was identified by Sri. Vilvamangalathu Swamiyar, the seer and saint of ancient Kerala and he enshrined it in the round-shaped abode of the temple. The temple is empowered by the eminent thanthry family of the famous Tharananalloor mana, who got the blessings of Parasuraman.