KUDAJADRI-THE HEAVENLY ABDDE

"KUDAJADRIYIL KUDIKOLLUM MAHESWARY GUNADAAYINI SARVA SUBHA THARINI......AADDIPARASAKTHI NEEYE HRUDAYAM SOUPARNIKAYAAKKU......................" THIS GREAT SONG FROM YESUDAS WOULD BE REMEMBERED BY EVERY MUSIC LOVER OF MALAYALAM FILMS FOR EVER!THE LYRIC,MUSIC&TUNE OF THE SONG IS SO GOOD THAT IT COULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! OF COOURSE !YES WHAT I WANT TO BRING OUT IS ABOUT THE PIOUS TEMPLE ,THOUGH ,VERY SMALLER IN SHAPE AS COMPARED TO TO THE MAHAKSHETRAMS IN THE COUNTRY ,YET FAMOUS FOR THE LOCATION & SANCTITY.IT IS SAID THE TEMPLE WAS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO BUILD THE WELL KNOWN MOOKAMBIKE TEMPLE AT KOLLUR IN KARNATAKA.THE TEMPLE IS SITUATED 40 KM AWAY FROM THE KOLLUR TEMPLE MUCH IN INTERIOR TO THE THICK FORESTS SORROUNDED BY ROCKY HILLS.THE WAY TO REACH THE THE TEMPLE IS SO BAD THAT IT IS FILLED WITH STORNEs& thorns and poisonous snakes,scorpions and many more such dangerous creatures.The way is forbidden for walking unless going in groups. Motor vehicles like a JEEP IS IDEAL FOR GOING THERE IT IS ALSO SAID DURING THE BRITISH RULE IN THE COUNTRY THE PLACE WAS SELECTED FOR MINING OPERATION BY THE BRITISH RULERS AS THERE WAS SUFFICIENT ILMANITE DEPOSITS UNDERNEATH.BUT LARGE CROWD OF LOCAL PEOPLE PROTESTED ON THE PLEA THAT THE PLACE ,AND THE TEMPLE THERE HAD THE PRESENCE OF GODLINESS & Poojas were regularly performed.THE BRITISHERS HAD TO OBLIGE TO THE DEMAND OF THE MASSES& REFRAIN FROM THEIR DESIGN TO MAKE MONEY BY MINING.UNTIL NOW FROM THOSE OLDEN DAYS NONE DARED TO VENTURE INTO SUCH ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST 30 KM OF 40 KM IS APPTOACHABLE BY JEEP& THE REST 10 BY WALK THROUGH MORE THICK AND FEROCIOUS FORESTS.ADVENTUROUS PEOPLE COULD COVER THE ENTIRE FOREST AREA BY WALK. IT IS SAID THAT A PLEASURE TRIP IS POSSIBLE BY WALK ENJOYING MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTURESQUE SCENES OF NATURE & THE HILLS AND SMALL RIVERS GLITTERING IN SUNSHINE LIKE GOLD IN THE MORNING &EVENINGS OF THE DAY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THE FORESTS HAS MANY HISTORICAL STORIES TO TELL. APART FROM 2ORIGINAL SOURCE TEMPLES OF THE KOLLUR MOOKAMBIKE THERE ARE ONLY TWO HOUSES IN THE AREA WHICH REPRESENT THE LIVING PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE OVERNIGHT STAY THERE TO HAVE THE SAC SACRED DARSHAN OF THE TWO TEMPLES.THE TEMPLES OF LORS SHIVA& AADIPRASAKTHI.PEOPLE COMING TO TH TEMPLES INSIDE THE CAVES THERE DO THE LIGHTING OF THEIR OWN"DIYAS"AND PREY.AADI PARASAKTHI & MAHESWARI BELIEVED TO BLESS EVERYONE GO THERE DEVOTEDLY.THERE IS ONE REGULAR POOJARI ALSO THERE WITH WHOM PEOPLE DO STAY & pray. IF ONE IS A TRUE DEVOTEE OF GOD,TO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING DESCRIBED IN THE SONG SUNG BY GAANAGANDHARVAN YESUDAS MENTIONED ABOVE "KUDAJADRI"TEMPLES IS THE ANSWER TO ONE's quest IF ONE IS A NATURAL LOVER OR AN ADVENTUROUS EXPLORER YOUR PLACE IS "KUDAJADRI" IF ONE HAS MONEY,TIME& ENERGY TO SPARE IT IS WORTH A VISIT TO THIS HOLY SHRINE WITHOUT MAKING ANY MORE DELAY SO ALL THE BEST FOR A NICE SPIRITUAL,ADVENTUROUS OR PLEASURE TRIP TO THE GREATEST AND PERHAPS THE BEST UNUSUAL TEMPLE ,HUMANKIND COULD EVER VISIT, Courtsey:.RAJESH. KADAMANCHIRA Sreedharan Mundan