Om Namashivaya

Panachikkadu

Sep 26, 2006 - 4 Photos

It is the time of the year for beginning education, otherwise called Vidyarambham (Vidya - Education, Learning and Aarambham - beginning). It is the time to pay respects to Saraswati, the Goddess of letters and learning. Its the right time to be at Panachikkadu. Panachikkadu has an interesting mythology. Worship is conducted outdoors and not within closed doors. The pictures you see are of the sanctum sanctorum and it is within a large temple wall (not shown here). Inside the inner walls (shown here) is a pond completely covered over with a green plant. The pond, legend has it, never runs dry and the plant never withers. At the bottom of the pond somewhere is the ORIGINAL Panachikkadu Saraswati, lost forever.

A nice pleasant temple to visit, even when its crowded as it was when we went there. The Pandits were very helpful and not all aggressive as is often the case in North India.