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Visible Gods are Pujaris, We Pray them
by Ramakrishna Panicker on Jun 07, 2007 11:39 AM

Mr. Methala Kumar (contd)



It was the festival months of Travancore, on taking harvests every Devi- Devatas visits their devotees dwellings for %u201CPara edukkal purpose%u201D, and at near about dawn the grand mothor of Komalezhuth ( Komalezhuth is the house of the ancestors of Mr. T.K. Madhavan and it locates at north west zone of Chettikulangara Devi Temple and this temples ancestry also relates to this house) dreamed that Ramapurathu Bhagavati accepting PARA is moving to southwards from Haripad east and in the lamp before the Bimbam has no oil.



Suddenly grand mother of the house awakened every body in the house and told to rush to provide oil for the lamp.



But how? At that time Komelezhuth family was very rich they are Ezhavas therefore they were counted as untouchable. Therefore, they found a solution to sent oil in the hands of a converted Xian from SC. Thus our grand mother satisfied. We have to remember the fact before days our Nation was under slavery these converted people were treated respectively than other back ward class people or higher class treated Nairs.



Nairs could entitle their ancestry from Pulayas of Kerala.,

And you%u2019re mentioning that Elamkulam Kunhan Pillai inferred that Nairs could entitle their ancestry from Pulayas and is quite justifiable and there are clues for this. For example, at Aattukal Bhagavati Temple there have pratista of Chattan is normally seen only the temple of down trodden people only.



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