About the Temple & Location:
This sthalam is situated 1 mile away
from Edakkulam railway station in Kerala. We can also reach this place
by traveling through bus from Shoraanoor to Kuttipuram. This sthalam is
a small village and as such, there is no proper lodging facility
available. This sthalam is on the shore of Bharathappuzhi river which
is 1 mile away from Edakkulam along the south direction.
Specials:
The specialty of this sthalam is the
thaayar Periya Pirattiyar Lakshmi devi are in a separate sannadhi and
it is one of the specialty among the Malayala Naatu Divyadesam
Sthlapuranam :
The sthala perumal, Naavaay Mugundhan
is in Nindra Thirukkolam along shore of Bharathappuzhai river. The
specialty of this sthalam is the thaayar Periya Pirattiyar Lakshmi devi
is in a separate sannadhi and it is one of the specialty among the
Malayala Naatu Divyadesam.
Opposite to the Bharathappuzhai
river, a separate temple for Lord Shivan and Brahma devan are found.
So, we can get the seva of all the Tri-Moorthies in this Thiru Naavaay
divya desam.
The piratti, Lakshmi devi and
Gajendran (the elephant) worshipped the perumal and dedicated him with
the Lotus flowers from the Lake. But, Lakshmi devi was jealous and
angry on the Gajendran since he also dedicate the flowers to his
perumal, who thinks that the perumal is only for him. But, perumal who
can know all about this, wanted to make clear to his wife, Lakshmi devi
that she is wrong.
Lakshmi devi daily plucked, all the
flowers from the pond before its being plucked by Gajendran, the
elephant. Seeing the action of Lakshmi piratti, Gajendran felt sad and
worried for it. It cried for this and prayed to the perumal. Hearing
the voice of Gajendran, the perumal ordered Lakshmi piratti not to
dedicate the flowers that is plucked from the pond and instead she has
to sit beside him and should accept the flowers that’s being dedicated
by Gajendran. Accepting the words of the perumal, Lakshmi piratti
seated along with the Naavaay perumal and accepted the flowers of
Gajendran.
Sri Naavaay Mugunda Perumal Temple -Thiru Naavaay
By performing this Leelai (action of
the perumal), the perumal explains that all the aathmaas in the world
should be taken care of. And at the same time, if anyone doesn’t give
respect (or) interferes on the bhakti dedication towards him, they
should be taught with a lesson and thereby making them to understand
their fault. Like-wise only, the perumal gives the respect for the
bhakti of Gajendran and at the same time he teaches a lesson for
Lakshmi Piratti by making her to accept the bhakti of Gajendran.
In this sthalam, the perumal Naavaay
perumal is treated as the father, Lakshmi piratti as mother and
Gajendran is treated as their son. Thus, this sthalam explains the
relationship between the perumal (father) and Lakshmi (mother) and
between the perumal (father) and Gajendran (son).
Since, the thaayar, Lakshmi piratti
doesn’t want Gajendran to dedicate the Lotus flowers (Malar), the
thaayar is named as “Malar Mangai Naachiyaar”.
This sthala perumal also gave
prathyaksham for Nava yogi. The Nava yogis are Sathuvanathar, Saaloga
nathar, Aadhinathar, Arulithanathar, Madhanga Nathar, Macchendira
Nathar, Kadayanthira Nathar, Korakkanathar and Kukkudanathar. They are
so great and are capable of doing lots of Yaagams. Since, because of
this, this sthalam is also called as “Thirunavayogi”. And as the time
passed, the name Thirunavayogi is changed to “Thirunaavaay”.
Since, the perumal is also found with Lord Shivan, this sthalam is said to equal with Kasi.
Moolavar:
The Moolavar of this sthalam is
Naavaay Mukundhan. Also named as “Narayanan”. Moolavar is found in
Nindra Thirukkolam facing his Thirumugham towards East direction.
Prathyaksham for Lakshmi, Gajendran and Nava yogis.
Thayaar
The Thaayar of this temple is Malar Mangai Naachiyaar. She is also named as “Sirudevi”.
Mangalasasanam:
Nammalwar – 11 Paasurams.
Thirumangai Alwar – 2 Paasurams.
Total 13.
Pushkarani:
The pushkarani is named as “Sengamala Saras”. Since the pushkarani is found full of Senthaamarai (Lotus), it is named so.
Vimanam:
Veda vimaanam. Since, the sthala
perumal is worshipped by Nava yogis and they are said to great in their
Vedic Knowledge, the vimaanam is named as “Veda Vimaanam”.
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