This
glorious family that was star studded with famous austere
men, started with famous and austere men, started its
eclipse as a generation usurped their place among whom
there were men who were hankering after only wordly
pleasures, never bothered in the upkeep of the temples
and perform its chores.
Reaching the nadir or disintegration,
naturally the family members contemplated the partition
of the family property. The partition took place, conveniently
without making reserves for the maintenance of the Temples.
Many members squandered the wealth they got, within
no time.
As time fleeed by, the day-to-day affairs
of the Bhagavathy who brought all the wealth and prosperity
tot this family also came to a standstill. The Bhagavathy
Temple remained closed for a long 16 years without its
regular poojas and other religious rites. But the people
of the locality, who also once upon a time benefited
by this reigning Bhagavathy came faorward and took initiative
to resume the poojas though if fits and starts and they
even conducted the temple festival annually.
After a few years, the Arathil Candoth
family members themselves came forward to form a committee
by name Arathil Bhagavathy Kshetra Samrakshana Trust
and conducted a "Swarnaprashnam" after which
they resumed the maintenance of the Temple after carrying
our due atonements, renovations and re-installations.
Sufficiently pleased with the family
members who have come forward to resume the responsibility
of the Temple affairs, Arathil Bhagavathy and her associate
deities blessed the family to have the absolute control
of the Temple. The poojas at the Temple are being performed
by the Namboothiris of Keezhara illam now. |