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  • Perform All Karmas Thirunelli Vishnu

    There are Holy  places in India where people an perform the duties, Samskaras, ordained by the Shastras.

     

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    Thirunelli Temple. Image Credit.http://4.bp.blogspot.com/

     

    In Benares,Gaya one can perform Sraddha  for the departed, Tonsuring the Hair at Palani,Tirupati, Anna Prasanam, first feed of the child, at Guruvayoor.

     

    There is one Vishnu temple where one can perform all the rituals , birth to death.

     

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    Vishnupada,Thirunelli. Image credit.

     

    This temple is in Thirunelli,Kerala.

     

    It is believed that here the prathishta of Lord Vishnu was performed by Lord Brahma.

     

    It is also known as ”Sahyamala Kshetram” and ”Kashi of the South”.

     

    On the western side of the temple is the cave temple Gunnika, dedicated to Lord Shiva.

     

    Thus Thirunelli becomes blessed by the unique presence of all the members of the trinity.

    The beautiful Brahmagiri hills and the surrounding lush green forests have made the temple premises a valley of tranquility.

     

     

    The temple is an embodiment of ancient temple architecture.

     

    The aqua-duct that brings water to the temple is also a witness to hundreds of years of history.

     

    Temple timings: Morning: 5:30 am to 12:00 pm, Evening: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

     

    How To Reach.

     

    The journey to Thirunelli itself unravels the ravishing beauty of the high ranges of Kerala.

    If it is from Calicut (Kozhikode), one has to come through Thamarasserry, climb the hair pins of the ghat road and pass the towns Kalpetta and Mananthavady.

    If it is from Bangalore, arrive Mysore and then proceed to Thirunelli through Hunsur and Nagarhole.

    Thirunelli Temple is located at Thirunelli, 137 kms from Calicut, 121kms from Mysore and 250 kms from Bangalore.

    You can reach the temple only by road. When coming from outside Wayanad, the most convenient railhead is Calicut.

    From there proceed to Mananthavady and then to Thirunelli by taxi or bus.

    The total distance from Calicut is 137 kms when cominig through Koyileri – Mananthavady road. It becomes 141 kms, when coming through 4th mile – Mananthavady road. The nearest airport is Karipur near Calicut, 160 kms away.
    Calicut Railway station -137 kms
    Mysore Railway station -121 kms
    Calicut (Karippur) airport – 161 kms
    Bangalore airport – 280 kms.

     

    Rituals.

     

    t is desirable that those who come for ancestral rites may reach the temple on the eve itself, so that they can conveniently pay the fee at the Devaswam Counter and get the receipt. The fee is to be paid in the name of the performer and not in the name of the deceased.
    When one person alone is performing the rites, it is called “oraalpindam”. But one who has remitted the fee for “oraalpindam” can do the obsequies for all the dead ancestors of the ‘tharavaad’ whom he knows and not knows. The fee for “oraalpindam” is Rs 43. This include Rs.35, the share to Thirunelli Temple and Rs.8, the share to Thrissilery Temple (for vilakkumaala). There is facility for the related family members also to sit together and do the rites along with the main performer. This is called “koottupindam”. For this the main performer (the Kaaranavar of the tharavaad) has to remit Rs.43 and each member Rs.30 each.After getting the receipt, the performers have to stand at the temple step, taking bath. Immediately after “deepaaraadhana’ the “Vaadhayaar” (the Priest) will dictate the prayer for all those who have assembled on the step. The performers have to recite this prayer. After the prayer, they have to do “dandanamaskaara”(to prostrate, by falling down at full length) before Thirunelli Perumaal and pay the “kaanikka” (offering). With the above, the rituals to be done on the eve of ancestral rites, come to a close.

    Next day without taking bath, between 6 am and 11 am, the performers have to reach the temple and collect the “bali materials” and “dharbha grass” from the special counter arranged on the northern side of the temple, showing the receipt.

    After this, they head to the pond, in the sacred stream called Papanashini, located about half a kilometer away, in the forest. There, it will be waist deep water. Now take the first dip in the water, before the actual ritual starts.

    On the bank of the pond stands the “Vaadhyaar” (the priest) who administers the ritual. Pilgrims line in the stream with almost ankle-deep flowing water. The ritual material collected from the temple is placed on the boulder in front, and the priest directs and administers the rituals in sequence.

    Then they have to return to main temple after praying to Lord Shiva in the “Gunnika Temple”. The rituals come to a close with the reverential circumlocution around the main Temple, worship of the “Perumaal” there and receipt of the “thirmadhura Nivedyam” “theertham” and “Prasaadam”. Those who have the statues with them have to return the same in the counter. Even if one fails to reach the temple on the eve, can perform the rites, the same day, provided they arrive the temple before 11 am.

    Thirunelli and Thrissilery temples are closely connected. The traditional ritual is that those who perform the ancestral rites at Thirunelli Temple have to worship Lord Shiva in Thrissilery Temple and make the “Vilakkumaala Vazhipaad” there. But to everybody it is not possible. So there is facility to pay in Thirunelli Temple itself, the fee required for the above “Vazhipaad” at Thrissilery.

    Source:
    www.thirunellitemple.com

     

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  • Kerala’s Porn Addiction

    The reasons cited seem to overlook the simple important reason, that Porn is titillating.

    I do not see how sex education will make you not to watch porn as also a ‘Conservative Society’

    Does it mean that porn watching will be less if your society is Liberal?

    Please read my blogs on Sex.

    By the way, if Kerala is ‘God‘s own Country’ then what about others? God’s rented Countries? or Devil’s own Countries?

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    Story:

    God’s Own Country, of late, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. The latest addition is the alarming increase in the rate of pornography. When compared to other states, Kerala is the largest producer of porn videos in India, say industry insiders. They point out alcohol addiction, lack of sex education and a conservative society as factors contributing to this development.

    “Surprisingly, a large number of school children are addicted to porn,” says psychiatrist C P Somanath. He recently attended to a case where a Class II student was brought to him by the boy’s parents for counselling as he was caught watching a porn video.

    Dr Somanath points out that if children are exposed to such videos during their sexually evolving stage, they get acquainted with such videos and even develop an addiction towards it, which may continue even after they get married. Psychologist Dr Vipin too shares the viewand says that excessive use of porn for sexual pleasure has paved way for cybercrimes and rapes too.

    About 136 cases of obscene publication or transmission were reported under the IT Act by
    the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in 2011, and Kochi was identified as the hub of cybercrime, followed by Calicut and Trivandrum. “Those exposed to such obscene videos have poor impulse control as their mind would be pre-occupied with such obscene and gross thoughts,” explains Dr Somanath.

    The lack of sex education in the state is also to be blamed for this development. “Through sex education, children should be taught to respect their body, what to watch and what not to, and practice a healthy relationship with their partner and friends of the opposite gender. However, sex education is almost nil in most schools in the state,” says Dr Vipin.

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life–style/relationships/man/woman/Keralas-porn-addiction-on-the-rise/articleshow/14732561.cms?intenttarget=no