Raja Thatha writes his story of the “kochu kutty” of Guruvayur
By
P.R.Ramachander
It was a dull
morning in the island of Dwaraka .
Sree Krishna knew
that it is time for him to go,
And he knew Vali
whom he had killed as Rama ,
Was hiding some
where to send an arrow to kill him.
Among all the
treasures that he wanted to save,
Was a black idol
of a boy wearing a loins cloth ,
Whom he
used to play as well as worship
as a little child ,
And he wanted him
safely installed to be worshipped.
He called
the teacher of devas
to come there ,
Entrusted the
little black child god to him,
And told him, “Consecrate him in such a place ,
Where all people ,
would love him like their child.
He also told him, “Even if they consider him as their little boy,
They should
consider him as their
father who will protect them.”
Guru agreed but said “How do I travel from this place ,
Which is an island
carrying that dark little darling?”
Krishna said, “ not to worry “ and summoned his friend,
The wind God and
told him, ”Carry Guru and his child,
To a place where
he wants to go , though they are little
heavy.”
And wind god took
Guru and his child and reached Gujarat.
Wind asked Guru “Shall we fix hum here , seem to be good people”
Guru said “These people even though Good are
essentially ,
People who do
business and I do not want my child to be here.”
They reached the
Mahratta shore , Guru felt
they were warriors.
Wind God was tired
and said , let us go inside but Guru said “no”.
Let us go through
the beech only because
Krishna loved ,
His Dwaraka with
a great beech” and so they flew
further ,
And reached
the land of the devout people of Karnataka.
Guru told him . “seems to be okay for me
, but there is already,
A butter eating
Krishna here and I do not want
this baby also here”
And so they entered
the God’s own land
recovered from the sea ,
Seemingly populated
by people , who loved their
temples greatly .
When they flew for
some more time they saw
an adult ,
Grazing
cattle near a temple
and they asked him , who he is,
And what is this
temple and he replied , “I am
lord Shiva himself,
And this is Mummiyoor , which Guru explained as land of his Mummy
Lord Shiva promised them that
he would look after the new baby,
If all pilgrims
who go to visit the”Kochu” ,
should also see him.
And the wind was
happy at the decision because he
can take rest,
And Guru consecrated that
little one , who is the father
of all there.
The king
Janamejaya heard
about the arrival of the child in Kerala ,
And built a temple
for him and that child , became a
child,
In every home
all over Kerala
and when they were in trouble,
They did not
call any other God but call “Ende Guruvayurappa(Oh my father living in Guruvayur”
Adhi SAnkara
who was born to a couple
in Kalady as a result of prayer,
To Lord Shiva at
Trichur was passing near the temple without entering it,
Seeing a Bhootha Bali
being conducted there
, but he fell down on the way,
And realised it fault
and sang about that baby in his “Octet to the cowherd.
As per the orders of God he systematized the worship procedures there,
Did mandala Bhajanam for forty one days
and established the Mandala
Vilakku,
For forty one days
and then came the Vilwamangalthu Samiyar
,
Who had the good fortune of seeing the
God himself playing in the
temple.
Then there was a
childless Widow called “Mother
of Kurur”
Who was blessed by
the Lord of Guruvayur as her servant
boy,
Then came one of the greatest devotees of the child of Guruvayur,
Called Bhattathiri
, who wrote the story of the child
and got rid of his pain.
Along with Bhattathiri came another
simple Brahmin who loved,
The child in side the
temple as his own which was
lost on his first birthday,
And he wrote that “when the child of Guruvayur is dancing
in our hearts,
Why there was a need for
another child too love at home.”
There was no home
in Kerala which did not
love their child in Guruvayur,
Even if his poor or rich
, Brahmin or Dalit and Hindu
or Non Hindu.
When any of
them are in trouble , even
before calling their mother ,
They would call “Ende
Guruvayurappa” and the
child reached there to help them.
These great
devotees made people
all over the world realize,
That the
child in side the temple of Guruvayur
would take care off,
Problems of each
and every one who came there
with a packet of misery ,
And would return it to him as a packet
of joy as well as pleasure
