Sri Rajarajeshwara Temple Taliparamba

The Sri Rajarajeshwara Temple is a Shiva temple located in Taliparamba, the Kannur district of Kerala state, India. This temple is known as one of the 108 ancient Shiva temples existing in Kerala. The age of this beautiful ancient temple is not recorded anywhere and it couldn’t be calculated yet. The temple has 3 Gopurams and 4 layer walls built with the stone from Chirakkal. It is known that this magnificent architecture was built in 8 months. The name Sri Rajarajeshwara implies the unity of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. Many actors and politicians like Ediyurappa, Jayalalitha, etc. visited the Sri Rajarajeshwara Temple in the past years. People from any religion can visit Sri Rajarajeshwara Temple and do the Vazhipaadu.

It is believed that this temple was built at the time of Baghavan Sree Ramachandran (Rama/Ram) as He visited this temple and prayed at the Treta Yuga (Tretayuga – the second yuga of the four yugas, or the age of mankind, in Hinduism). Sri Parvati worshiped the three Shiva lingams formed by the radiance of the sun at Kailasa. Goddess Parvati gave a Shiva lingam to Mandarsha Rajarshi, who had lost his battle and performed penance. He found a place where there was no corpse and told him to erect it. Rajarshi traveled all over the earth to find such a place. Eventually, in the village of Perinchalloor, found as much land as Thalikavattam which has no corpse and Dedication was also held there.

In the same way, Goddess Parvati gave the Shiva lingam to Muchukunda Rajarshi while performing penance after some time. Muchukunda Rajarshi also went to the same place and performed the devotion but the surface of the earth could not bear it. That Shiva lingam also went down. Over time, Satasoma Rajarshi received the Shiva lingam in a similar manner. Satasoma Rajarshi, realizing by his asceticism that the first two Shiva lingams had sunk to the earth, brought Sage Agastya and performed the rites. Legend has it that after the origin of Kerala, Parasurama rebuilt the Parasurama temple with Taliparamba

Rajarajeswaran is the god of thirty-three crore gods. It is believed that the Shiva lingam has Vaishnava and Lakshmi deities. That is why Koovalam has no place here, even though it is dear to Lord Shiva. Tulsi is used for worship. The temple also has the distinction of not having nithyashiveli. Women are not allowed inside during the day. It is said that God dwells like a king. Such a restriction would mean that women would not be allowed to enter the royal court. It is the concept of Umamaheshwara after dinner at night, so women can also enter after dinner. Bhagavad-darshan should be performed only with ghee.

On Shivratri and Vishu, Lord Krishna ascends from the Trichambaram temple to the Sri Rajarajeswara Shrine, followed by the Sankaranarayana Puja. The main offering is a jug of gold, a silver jug ​​, and a copper jug ​​filled with ghee. Dedication of gold plate, gold plate, and ney vilakk (ghee lamp) are also important. There is prasaadha oottu ( annadhaanam/food distribution) every day. Thruputhari is also celebrated in the month of Chingam. It is customary for pregnant women to worship the same Shiva at the Taliparamba, Trichambaram, and Kanharangad temples for salsanthaanam (good children). After Thiruvonam in the month of Chingam, Makam Naal’s “Kanik Thozhal” is the main dharshana sowbaaghyam (visual fortune).