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One evening as
he stood admiring the flowering plant, he saw a feminine figure of extraordinary beauty
and charms picking some flowers. The Thampuran understood that it was none other
than the Devi herself standing in all splendor and glory. He pleaded with her to bless the
place always with her presence. The Devi granted his request and was thus installed there.
According to another tradition, once a Brahmin devotee of Devi came here from Kolathunand.
When he arrived at Mullakkal it was dusk, the time for evening pooja. He,
therefore, went to the nearby tank for bath keeping the idol of the Devi he carried under
a jasmine plant. When he returned he found the idol rooted to the ground and try as he
might it could not be moved. The Brahmin understood the divine manifestation, built
a temple and installed the Devi in it.
Because of the association of the Devi with jasmine, she is known as Mullakkal Bhagawati
and the place abounds in jasmine flowers, which have a fragrance of their own. |
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