What Is Mookambika And Chottanikkara
Mookambika and Chottanikkara
Eons ago, a rishi named Kola performed prayers and penances to the Trimurtis (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva). Pleased with his prayers they appeared before him and offered him a boon. The rishi humbly wished for the three of them to stay at this place and bless the people forever. Granting him his boon, they also said that the goddesses that represented the other half of them would also reside there. The Trimurtis then took the form of a swayambhu linga. The place where Kola rishi performed his penance is known as Kollur ('ur' in South Indian languages stands for land, similar to ‘pur’ in Hindi).
The years rolled by. A bad and evil asura king was very worried that his son was very weak and incompetent. He shared his …show more content…
The battlefield is at a place called Marana Khatte and is near Kollur.
Fast forward to the eighth century CE to Adi Shankaracharya’s time. Shankara prayed to Goddess Saraswathi at Kudajaadri hills and requested her to come to Kerala, to rid his land of superstition and bless them with knowledge. Acceding to his request the divine mother said she would follow him, but on condition that he may not look back. If he did, she would immediately stop. Shankara agreed and they started walking.
On reaching Kollur, the divine mother decided to test Shankara. The natural beauty of Kudajaadri probably reminded her of her abode in Kashmir, making her want to stay or she just wished to fulfil the words of the Trimurtis. Either way, the sound of her anklets stopped and a worried Shankara turned around, only to see the goddess standing there smiling. As mentioned by the Trimurtis to Kola rishi, the goddess also joined the Trimurtis within the linga. The linga has a golden line running across the middle, with the Trimurtis on the right side and the goddesses on the left. This linga is in the famous Kollur Mookambika temple in front of the idol installed by
Eons ago, a rishi named Kola performed prayers and penances to the Trimurtis (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva). Pleased with his prayers they appeared before him and offered him a boon. The rishi humbly wished for the three of them to stay at this place and bless the people forever. Granting him his boon, they also said that the goddesses that represented the other half of them would also reside there. The Trimurtis then took the form of a swayambhu linga. The place where Kola rishi performed his penance is known as Kollur ('ur' in South Indian languages stands for land, similar to ‘pur’ in Hindi).
The years rolled by. A bad and evil asura king was very worried that his son was very weak and incompetent. He shared his …show more content…
The battlefield is at a place called Marana Khatte and is near Kollur.
Fast forward to the eighth century CE to Adi Shankaracharya’s time. Shankara prayed to Goddess Saraswathi at Kudajaadri hills and requested her to come to Kerala, to rid his land of superstition and bless them with knowledge. Acceding to his request the divine mother said she would follow him, but on condition that he may not look back. If he did, she would immediately stop. Shankara agreed and they started walking.
On reaching Kollur, the divine mother decided to test Shankara. The natural beauty of Kudajaadri probably reminded her of her abode in Kashmir, making her want to stay or she just wished to fulfil the words of the Trimurtis. Either way, the sound of her anklets stopped and a worried Shankara turned around, only to see the goddess standing there smiling. As mentioned by the Trimurtis to Kola rishi, the goddess also joined the Trimurtis within the linga. The linga has a golden line running across the middle, with the Trimurtis on the right side and the goddesses on the left. This linga is in the famous Kollur Mookambika temple in front of the idol installed by