Chengannur Mahadeva Temple

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Namaste Anil,

 

Thank you for the very interesting information. I would believe its

true because many British Colonials in the past experienced different

stuff and either performed penance afterwards or made lifelong

donations to temples, ashrams, to hospitals, to the poor, etc. Fully

agree with you that go to prove that modern science and realistic

thinking has a long way to go before understanding the intricacies of

Divine happenings!!

 

One such wonderful happening that comes to mind, was the great Sir

John Woodroffe who wrote the Mahanirvana Tantra under the pen-name of

Arthur Avalon after his experiences with the guru who guided his path

of tantra in Calcutta. That a western man could capture the essence

of tantra, was amazing. His work lives on and is still available as

a sacred text today.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

 

 

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From Anil Kumar

 

Chengannur Mahadeva Temple

 

Namaste Narasimhaye,

 

There is an interesting bit of information about a British Diwan(Col.

Munro if Iam not wrong) who had stopped the Devi's thrippoothaaraat

Puja and all other expenditures associated with it saying that it was

utter nonsense that people should even believe in such things. After

sometime when the Diwan's wife started bleeding(during menses) which

would not stop even after being treated by all renowed medical

practitioners of that time, the diwan was advised by a local devotee

to seek pardon from Devi and atone for his disbelief by donating for

the expenditure of the puja. The Diwan agreed albeit reluctantly and

the bleeding stopped soon after. To atone for this permanently till

date the expenditure for the first thrippoothaaraat of the malayalam

year is met from the endowments given to the temple by the Diwan.

 

The above fact is very well narrated in one of the websites which I

had visited long time back but unfortunately couldn't get the link.

This and many such incidents go to prove that modern science and

realistic thinking has a long way to go before understanding the

intricacies of Divine happenings.

 

Aum GauriShankaray Namah