Lakkidi Mithranandapuram Mahavishnu temple
is located at Lakkidi in Palakkad district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to
Mahavishnu. The annual Pratishta festival in the temple is held on Makayiram
nakshatra in Malayalam Meena Masam (March – April).
The annual pratishta festival is noted for various pujas and rituals including prasadashuddhi, astrakalasham, rakshoghna homam, chathushuddhi, dhara, brahma kalasha pooja, pari kalasha pooja, pari kalasabhishekam, paani, brahmakalashabhishekaam and sreebhootabali.
(പ്രാസാദശുദ്ധി, അസ്ത്രകലശം, രക്ഷോഘ്നഹോമം,
ചതുശ്ശുദ്ധി, ധാര, ബ്രഹ്മകലശപൂജ, പരികലശപൂജ,
പരികലശാഭിഷേകം, പാണി, ബ്രഹ്മകലശാഭിഷേകം, ശ്രീഭൂതബലി)
Annadanam, Panchavadyam and Sheeveli
ezhunellippu are part of the three-day pratishta festival.
The temple is located on the banks of the
Bharathapuzha River. The temple has vatta sreekovil, namaskara mandapam, pond,
chuttambalam and shrines of upa devatas. The pratishta in the temple is similar
in height to the Guruvayoor temple. The murti worshiped in the temple is that
of Mahavishnu – it is a poornakaya pratishta.
The upa devatas worshipped in the temple
are Maha Ganapathy, Sastha, Bhagavathi, Nagas and Yogeeswaran.
Lakkidi Mithranandapuram Mahavishnu Temple History
There lived a pious man in the region who
was an ardent devotee of Guruvayoorappan. He visited the temple regularly. But
due to old age he was no longer able to make the journey to Guruvayoor Temple.
The old man offered fervent prayers to find a solution to have darshan of his
favorite deity.
It is said that the Vishnu Bhagavan
appeared in the dream of the pious man in the form of Guruvayoorappan. Bhagavan
asked him to worship this form of his in a nearby place.
The shrine observes Vishu, Ramayana Masam,
Kuchela Dinam, Saptaha Yagnam.
The Bhagavatha Sapthaham Yagnam is held in
such a manner that the reading of the birth of Sri Krishna happens on the Ashtami
Rohini day in Chinga Masam. Saree Pooja is held in the temple when the Rukmini
Swayamvaram chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam is read.