A temple built for the use of Pandavas during their stay in here
My earlier blog post was about Arthanaeeswar temple in the small village called Arakkuparamba. There is a anther templei n the next village called mattarakal. The Shiva Vishnu temple is situated amongst groves of banana araicanuts, coconuts etc. The villagers say that the Shiva lingam was built for the pandavas to offer their prayers. This makes the temple also to be an ancient one dating back to Mahabharata times. Of course the current temple premises is built only in the last century. I presume that the Vishnu was the later time addition for the benefit of the namboodhiris living here. In this temple Vishnu is in the form of Vanana, who was supposed to be born in Kerala to conquer Mahaballi. The beauty of this Diety in the form of a small child is seen to be enjoyed. Such a graceful and charm that it makes you rooted to the sannidhanam. The Siva lingam is of medium height and is on the west side of...