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Valapattanam Kalarivathukkal Bhagavathy Devi Temple - Festival - Timings – History

Kalarivathukkal Devi Temple is located at Valapattanam near Azhikode in Kannur District in Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy. This is one of the most popular and powerful Shakti shrine in North Kerala. The annual festival in the temple is held from Kathika nakshatra to Pooram nakshatram day in Meena Masam. This is a Bhadrakali temple located near Valapattanam river,. It is the family shrine of Chirakkal Royal Family. A fierce form of Bhadrakali is worshipped here. Kalarivathukkal Bhagavathy is considered as the mother of the ancient martial art Kalaripayattu and hence the name. The deity of the Kalarivathukkal shrine is the fierce form of Bhadrakali or Porkkali Bhagavathy, the goddess in her warlike aspect, ensconced within the central sanctum facing West. Adjacent to this is the sanctum of Lord Shiva, facing East. Mathrusaala or the shrine for Sapta Mathrukkal faces north, and houses Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Shankari, Kaumari, Varahi, Chamundi, Indrani, as also Veera

Gandhari Opens Her Eyes to Make Duryodhana Invincible – But He Was Not Naked

Before the final mace (gada) battle between Duryodhana and Bhima in the Mahabharata, Duryodhana visits his mother, Gandhari , to take her blessings. Gandhari decides to remove her blindfold and open her eyes so that the energy from her eyes would provide Duryodhana with a special power. It will make his body hard as a diamond so that Bhima cannot kill her eldest and only remaining son. She asks him to go and take bath and appear stark naked before her. Desperate to get all the power before the most important battle in his life, Duryodhana took bath and made his way back to his mother. But suddenly Krishna appeared in front of him and ridiculed him for walking naked. When Duryodhana told Krishna that he was going to meet his mother, Krishna told him that he was no longer a child and it is inappropriate to go before her naked. Krishna asked Duryodhana to cover his waist and thighs with banana leaves. Duryodhana, who was embarrassed, took the advice of Sri Krishna an

Two of the 108 Divya Deshams That Are Not On Earth

108 Divya Deshams are the 108 temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Two of the temples are not on earth. They are Thiru Parkadal and Thiru Paramapadam. The popular belief is that a person who visits 106 Divya Deshams on earth will attain liberation and will be able to gain access to the remaining two Divya Deshams. Thiru Parkadal The place is located at Parkadal – Milky Ocean Vishnu resides here as Ksheerabdinathan and his consort Lakshmi resides here as Kadalmagal Nachiyar. Mahavishnu is white as milk and Brahma appear from his navel here. He rests on Adisesha facing south. Thiru Paramapadam The place is Vaikunta. The ultimate destination of all living beings. There is no birth and death after reaching Vaikunta. A devotee merges with Lord Vishnu here. Vishnu resides here as Paramapadanathan. Goddess Lakshmi resides here as Periya Piratiyar. Bhudevi and Neeladevi also reside here. Vishnu here is in sitting posture facing south. He sits with his left leg han