Dhyana Mounam- An Edappal Hospitals Production

#Mythological & #Historical values of #Sukapuram#Sri Dakshinamoorthy Temple Lord Siva as Dakshinamoorthy is the principal deity. Goddess Parvathy, Lord Ganapathy is the other deities. This ancient temple belonged to Sukapuram grama established by Lord Parasurama. This grama was a major centre of Saivite faith. Sukapuram was famous for Vedic studies. It is believed that the temple was established by great sage Sri Suka. The legend says that Sage Suka prescribed an auspicious time for the installation of idol in the temple. He said that a peacock would appear at the predicted time. When everybody was waiting for the arrival of peacock, a man came with peelikavadi (bow made of peacock feathers) and the people felt that the peelikavadi is equivalent to peacock. They then requested the sage to install the idol. Accordingly the idol of Lord Siva was consecrated facing each. In fact, this was before the auspicious time. At the time specified by the sage, a peacock arrived and perched on the balikkal of the temple. Sage Suka immediately installed another idol of Lord Siva in the form of shiva-linga facing south with the concept of Dakshinamoorthy (God facing south). Thereafter, the temple came to be known as Dakshinamoorthy temple. It is said that four main sankalpas (concepts) are there for the deity of this temple. They are Vyakhyana Dakshinamoorthy, Yoga Dakshinamoorthy,Veenadhara Dakshinamoorthy, and Jnana Dakshinamoorthy. The temple belonged to Azhvanchery, Puzhabrath, Karuthedath, Udiyanur and Talamunda Moothedath Manas (houses of Namboodiri Brahmins). In 1990 the temple was taken over by the HR&CE Department and now it is under the control of Malabar Devaswom Board. It is very interesting to note that there is no festival in the temple. It had been laid down from the early days itself that no festival should be celebrated in the temple on the belief that it would disturb the meditation of Lord. We dedicate this production to all devotees of Sukapuram Sri Dakshinamoorthy Thanks to Sri.Mahakavi Akkitham Sri.N.M Raveendran Namboothiri Sri.Bhavathradan Namboothiri Sri Dr.Jathavadan Namboothiri Sri.Dr.Chathanath Achuthanunni Sri.Raghava Warrior Sri O.K Vasu(Chairman ,Malabar Devasam Board) Sri.U. Puryshothaman(Chairman,Malappuram Division) Sri.Shankaranunni Namboothiri (Thantri) Sri.Prashanth Kakkad(Melsanthi) Sri.Atmajan Pallipad Sri.Prasanth Pallipad Sri.Dr.Rajan Chungath Sri.Nishanth Sukapuram Sri.K.Manikandan Sri.Azhvanchery Krishnan Thambrakkal Sri.Jayaprakash- Dakshinamoorthy Temple Music- Sri.Hari Santoor Art – Sri.Mohan Alankode Script – Sri.Nandan V T Direction & Photography- Sri Uthaman Kadanchey Sincere Thanks by Smt. Chitra Gopinathan Managing Director #Edappal #Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. & #Cimar