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Udyaneswara Siva temple Page-2
( The LINGAM of Trikkanamathilakam)
 BY Mr.N.Purushothama Mallaya

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Udyaneswara Siva temple

The impossibility of building a big temple at Cochin for Siva  like that of the former Mathilakam temple, led to the installation of the Sivalinga with a major portion of it, LINGA deep in the earth (Bhugarbha) at the site north east of  the T. D. Teppukulam where there was a garden. Hence, the, name Udyaneswa ra (The God of the garden). There is a belief that the LINGAM had total length of 21 feet in height. But the lingam is now visible about 4-1/2 feet above ground level. The arrow type lines appearing on the lingam resemble the lines that appear on one of the Lingams installed in the famous Siva temple at Perur near Coimbatore. There they call it Gowthamer lingam'.

Unlike other Siva temples, where the Iinga type moolaver is facing east Lord Udyaneswara of Kochi is facing west as if looking at the Atabian Sea. The temple of Udyaneswara is now a KEEZEDAM, a subordinate temple under the management of the Cochin Thirumala Devaswam.

In the SUKASANDESAKAVYA of Lakshmidasa, the earliest and foremost SANDESA KAVYA from Kerala belonging to the Iatter half of the 13th century mention is made of a Siva temple in a village called Trikkanamathilakam which was mentioned there as "a city known throughout  the world, as Gunapura beautiful by nature and the place of sport of (Siva), the consort of Parvathi." (Stanza 1 Part 1)

Dr. Geeta Pattabhiraman in her critical Edition on SUKASAANDESA:published by Higginbothems Ltd., Madras 1984 says "....the Saraswatha Brahmins recovered the idol and established the idol in their temple in Cochin." (Pagde102).

Every Monday in the evening the local people illuminate the DEEPASTHAMBA, the lamp-post placed in front of the temple. Mahasivaratri which falls in the month of February/March is the main festival in this temple. It is celebrated on a grand scale.  

Important VAZHIVADUS  (offerings) performed in this temple are :

 RUDRABHISHEKAM, PUSHPANJALI, SWAYAMVARA PUSHPANJALI, RUDRA HAVANAM,  CHANDANA
LEPANAM, BILWARCHANA etc. There is a belief that by performing SWAYAMVARA' PUSHPANJALI it will result in getting suitable husband to grown up girls by the blessings of Siva when delay occurs to get them married. Devotees in large number throng to this temple to got DARSAN of Siva during the PRADOSHA POOJA specially perforned at evening time on the 13th day of the bright and dark halves (THRAYODASI) of every lunar calender month. To appease Lord Siva JALADHARA a continuous flow of water through DARBA grass from a vessel kept over the idol of Siva is performed all the 24 hours of the day.

On the Seventh day in the evening of the two annual ARATU festivals In the Thirumala Devaswom Temple one in the month of VRICHIGAM (November/December) and the other In MEDAM (April/May), the UTSAVER Image (processional deity) of Lord Venkateswara is taken on Ashwa Vahana (Horse Vehicle) with all paraphernalia from the main temple to this temple to meet Siva of Udyaneswara and also to join with Him in a PALLI VETTAI  (hunting),

The temple was renovated and re-installation to the deity was done by the management of Cochin Thirumala Devaswom In the year 1967 A. D. The GARBHA GRIHA (SANCTUM SANCTORUM) of this temple is of NAGARA style of Hindu temple Architecture. There is a MANTAPA in front of the temple and a Nandi (Bull) vehicle of siva which is of KRISHNA SHEELA (black granite stone) installed in the MANTAPAM.

 
 
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