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| March 20, 2010 | Devotees sing only vulgar and bawdy songs in this temple in Kerala | |
Kodungallur (Kerala): Devotes and oracles celebrated the Bharani festival at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy temple here, singing filthy and vulgar songs about gods and goddesses. Devotees here are free to sing any kind of songs but should be a vulgar and bawdy one followed by 'ta-naro-tanro', and throwing turmeric and coconut on to the temple's sanctum sanctorum roof, while the oracles dressed in red attire holding sword with bells on their belly take a full round of the temple. Most of them hit themselves on their forehead with their sword in praise to their deity. Surendran Kumar, a Hindu devotee from Coimbatore, who comes here every
year with his entire group to celebrate, said that he has been following his father
and brothers even mother to take up as an oracle. Kumar further said it is the
power of goddess which draws him to do it every year without any fail. "I have
been coming here for the past four years now. We are altogether 166 people. We
have been becoming oracles as a family traditional from my forefathers, all my
brothers and even my mother comes here every year," said Kumar. "Only because
of this our life is safe and secure we are very happily living. There is nothing
like any pain or any break on our foreheads even we do not know why we are
smashing ourselves we are not aware that time," he added. The pilgrimage
undertaken to the shrine on this occasion is believed to safeguard and bring lots of
wealth to their families. Another lady oracle Devaki Amma said she has been coming
here since ages and there has been a kind of blessing in her family after visiting
this place. "I have been coming here to this temple since 1943 and I am an oracle.
We are around 55 devotees came together. For all of us the Kodungallur Bhagvati
is our own deity, who protects us from all evils and has got every wealth like
car, house and other things to our family members," she said. The famous
Kodungalloor Bhagavathy Temple located in Thrissur district of Kerala is open for all
especially belonging to the lower strata in Hindu society on the occasion. The
Goddess Bhagavathy is the presiding deity of the ancient temple here. The Bharani
festival, known for its bawdy songs, attracts the largest congregation of
Velichappadu or oracles, both men and women, in the State. Kerala is a perfect
place of communal harmony and is often mentioned as the god's own country. |
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