Karkkidaka Maasam - Ramayana Parayanam

In the month of karkkidam, reciting Ramayana is an age old tradition in the homes of Kerala. This month is essentially a spiritual month and Ramayanam is read all over the place in temples, benevolent homes by Bhajan groups and spiritual groupings.

The version of Ramayana to be read is the "Adhyathma Ramayana" which is the malayalam ramayama composed by "Thunchath Ezhuthachan" who lived in 16th Century in distict of Malappuram. Being a man of lower caste, but spiritually endowed by birth,  he suffered at the hands of upper class Nampoothiris, but yet kept himself in spiritual fold to create the masterpiece that is read by all keralites. Unlike the modern reactionists, he did not convert nor did he take up arms to be a Naxal :), instead surrendered unconditionally in the greatness of RAMA (God) and created many masterpieces including harinama keerthanam.

Karkkidaka Masam

Today is karkkidaka 1st .People will read ramayana in this month.One should start reading ramayana and finish it in this month itself. ie in this month  everyone's mind there should be bhakthi only.Climatic conditions will be normally bad in this month.Sometimes it will be heavy rain and in some other times it will be hot climate. The immunity power of people will be low.So  people should control their diet. Its best to avoid non-veg food during this period. That is the reason why  people eat special kind of food during this month.Lots of  people will do Ayurveda treatments during this month. Also people will go for nalambalam Darsan during this month.Click here to read the details of nalambala dharshan,.
People will take special food like Karkkidaka kanji during this period.Click here to see the reciepe of karkidakakanji

Ketu Dasa

The period of  Ketu Dasa is 7 years the subdivision and the 

Ketu Bukthi - 4 months 27 days

Mental worry due to son or wife, loss of money, poison, fear, a general set back and check in life.

Venus Bukthi - 1 years 2 months

Success in undertaking, birth of child, ill health to children, fever or dysentry.

Sun Bukthi - 4 months 6 days

Check in business, expansion of knowlege, uneasiness, travel, health of wife giving anxiety and worry.

Moon Bukthi - 7 months

Financial improvements, loss or mental uneasiness, disease through water or cold, troubles from children.

Mars Bukthi - 4 months 27 days

A general anxiety about children, quarrels in family, increase of enemies, punishments, death, operation in the body.

Rahu Bukthi - 1 year 18 days

Royal or government punishments, blood poison, loss of wealth or property, loss in business, visiting prostitute homes for pleasure.

Jupiter Bukthi - 11 months 6 days

Contact with persons of high status, happiness through wife, marriage, increase in holdings, profits in business.

Saturn Bukthi - 1 year 1 month 9 days

Prison life conditions, loss of money in many ways, strained feelings with relations, exile to far off places, change of house.

Mercury Bukthi - 11 months 27 days

Money from mental pursuits, children giving worry and anxiety, failure of ideas or plans, fear from relations, etc.

Prayers and Remedies   

1.  Pray to lord ganesha Daily and do ganapathy homam in the particular persons star
2. Go to SriKalahasthi Temple in Andra pradesh Click here for details

 

Hanuman Temple,Alathiyoor,Malappuram

This temple is just 14 kms from Tirur Railway station.Tirur is about 370 kms from Trivandrum and 50 kms from Calicut.he temple is popularly known as "Perumthrikkovil" in the Malappuram district. The temple was maintained by Alathiyur Grama Namboodiri. Afterwards it was taken over by Vettath Raja. Then after the management of the temple was taken over by Zamorin Raja of Kozhikode. After formation of Kerala Government Devaswam Board the management of the temple is with the Devaswam Board. It is believed that the installation of the Lord Hanuman's idol in this temple was performed non other than Sage Vasishta himself. 

The temple is built in the "Kerala Ammbalam" architecture. Here in the main sanctum Lord Sree Rama is seen with a peculiar expression on his face and is seen without his concert Mata Sita by his side. Sree Rama seen here is after Ravana's extortion of Mata Sita. The  idol of Lord Sree Rama is seen as he was giving the message to Sree Hanuman about Sree Sita before Sree Hanuman embarked on the mission of locating  mata Sita. Such a peculiar expression is vividly seen on the face of Sree Rama’s vigraha of this kshetra.

The temple of Sree Hanuman is adjacent to the main temple of Sree Rama. In the main sanctum Lord Hanuman is seen standing leaning forward to hear his master’s words with a club in His hand. He is facing south and it is very rare or one could say nowhere lese you could see a South facing Hanuman.

The main offering to Lord Hanuman in this temple is "Pothi Avil" and is famous. The "Prasadam" of "Pothi Avil" is made of hundred coconuts, hundred measures of Rice flake (Avil), twenty-eight kilos of jaggery, 12 kilos of country sugar, 750 grams of dry ginger, 800 grams of Jeera. All these ingredients are mixed to make "Pothi Avil".