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CHOOLATTIPPARA
SRI ANNAPOORNESWARI
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Prathishta: Annapoorneswari
Devi
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Dist: Malappuram
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Thaluk:
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Panchayath: Urngattiri
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Festival:
Poomoodal & Mangalya pooja on first Fridays of every month
in malayalam calendar, Annual Festival (Prathishta Dinam) celebated
on Uthrattathi day in Kumba
month of malayalam calendar.
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Importance
/ Main offerings:
Poommodal, Mangalya pooja, Aayillya Pooja are the main offerings.
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Description:
The
presiding deity of this temple is goddess Sri Annapoorneswari.
This temple is considered as one amongst most famous temple for
Sri Annapoorneswari. Ganapathy,
Naga Raja, Naga Yakshi, Chitrakoodam, Sree Subramanian, Sree Ayyappan
are the sub deities of this temple
Annapoorna, or Annapoorna Devi, is the Goddess of food. She is
an incarnation of Goddess Parvati; in essence one of the numerous
forms of Shakti. In this incarnation she nourishes all living beings
and therefore Hindus consider ‘Annam’ (food) as holy.
There is an interesting incident involving Lord Shiva and Goddess
Annapoorna, which explains that even Moksha (salvation) is not
possible on an empty stomach.
Lord
Shiva and Goddess Parvati used to play the game of dice. Once the
game became so interesting that they started betting – Parvati
kept her jewels and Shiva his trident. Shiva lost the game and lost his
trident. To get back his trident, Shiva betted serpent and this time
too he lost the game. Finally, when the game ended, Shiva lost all that
he had including his begging bowl.A humiliated Shiva left for the Deodar
forest. Lord Vishnu approached Shiva and asked him to play again to win
back all that he had lost.Taking advice from Vishnu, Shiva played again
and won all that he had lost in the previous game. Goddess Parvati grew
suspicious about Shiva’s sudden turn of fortunes and called him
a cheat. This led to a verbal duel between the couple. Finally, Lord
Vishnu intervened and revealed that the dice moved as per His wish and
they were under the illusion that they were playing.
Symbolically,
life is like a game of dice - unpredictable and beyond control.Verbal
duel soon turned to philosophical discussion
and Lord
Shiva said that possessions are temporary…everything is Maya (illusion)…even
the food we eat is Maya. Goddess Parvati did not agree that food is illusion.
She argued that if food is illusion I am also an illusion.
She wanted to know how the world would survive without food and disappeared.
Her disappearance meant Nature came to a stand still. There were no seasonal
changes. Everything remained barren. There was regeneration or birth.
Soon there was severe drought and shortage of food. Shiva soon realized
that he is incomplete without Shakti. Gods, humans and demons all kept
praying for food. Goddess Parvati could not see her children perishing
out hunger and appeared in Kashi (Varanasi) and started distributing
food.
Shiva
appeared before her with a begging bowl and Goddess Parvati fed Shiva.
Shiva said that food cannot be dismissed as mere
illusion
as it is required to nourish the body in which resides the Atma. Since
then Goddess Parvati is worshipped as the Goddess of food – Annapoorna
Devi.
Temple opens at 5.30 AM & will be closed between 9.30AM to 5.00PM. Temple
reopens at 5.00 PM
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Thanthri:
Sree Pandalakkottu mana Sreenivasan Namboodiri (Appu)
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Trustee: Damodaran
Nair P
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Address:
Choolattippara,
Poovathikkal P.O,
Areacode,
Malappuram-673639
Ph;9048400353
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Any
other information: http://www.annapoorneswari.in
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Route:
Areacode-Othayi-Edavanna Road
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