Kanjirangat Vaidyanatha Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is situated in kannur district of north Kerala.It is about 25 km from Kannur district via Thaliparamba. God Shiva here is worshipped in the form of Vaidyanatha(Ayurvedic Physician.Shiva in this temple has genuine healing power and people with incurable diseases reach here to worship him.
Origin
At a forest near Lakshmipura (Thaliparamba) which was a hiding place of a demon called Karaskara. Son of Bhasmasura,he always threatened the people around. Parasurama, one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu got into the forest inorder to eliminate the evil power and recapture the glory of the place.As soon as he entered there Karaskarasura shouted out and rushed to him. After an encounter between them the demon was killed by the sacred weapon(axe or parasu) of Parasurama.After this event while passing through the forest,Parasurama happened to see a divine Shiva linga and mused from where this holy Sadashiva linga would have come. On spur of moment Sage Narada appeared and explained to him the story of the Shiva linga.When the Sun(Surya) was affected with poison his radiance became dim.'Garuda', the mount (vahana) of the Lord Vishnu suggested a remedy.During the time of Palazhimathanam or churning of milk ocean, Halahala ,the mortal poison vomited by Vasuki,the serpent king was consumed by God Shiva.It affected Shivas whole body and to recover he nanifested himself in the form of Vaidyanatha(Ayurvedic Physician) , worshipped it. and got speedy recovery.Garuda advised the Sun to obtain that Shiva linga, install in a place where there is no burial ground. and offer Ksheera dhara(pouring of milk on the Shivalinga) every sunday. Following this advice Surya went to Kailasa to worsip Shiva and soon Shiva installed the Vaidyanatha linga and poured milk on it every sunday.Soon Suryadeva restored health.Narada told Surya to create a temple there and sanctify it. Parasurama who got information about the devine linga which has great healing power, builted a temple of Lord Vaidyanatha. The sanskrit name of Kamjiramgat is Karaskaralayam which is related to the name of Karaskarasura.
Deity And Significance
Main deity Vaidyanatha is facing east. Bhagavathy Ayyappan and Ganapathy are sub deities.It is believed that Surya power is also included in Shiva because the Vaidyanatha was installed by Surya.Best day to worship Lord Surya is Sunday and so sunday is the best day to worship Vaidyanatha. Skin and eye disases get cured by offering 'bhajan' here(praising the lord).Main offerings are Ksheeradhara(pouring of milk on the idol) and Jaladhara(pouring water)If the 6th of malayalam month is on sunday( Arum Nhayarum) it is considered favourable day for worshipping Vaidyanatha. People sit in bhajan for incurable diseases here.Worshipping here on sundays results in the blessings of both Lord Shiva and Lord Surya.
Shivarathri is the main festival. Thiruvathira on the month of Dhanu is considered auspicious day to worship here. On this day people chew betel leaves and kanhiram leaves under the banyan tree there. It is said that the bitter taste of kanhiram leaves disappeares on this day. Temple tank contains herbal medicinal qualities and so dipping in it considered to cure chronic diseases
T T K Devaswom
Thaliparamba,Trichambaram and Kanhirangat Temples are administered by T T K Devaswom. Women of 5 months pregnancy visiting these three temples collectively(Moonidam Thozhal) is an old custom to have a normal delivery and getting a healthy child.
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