INVOCATION AND DEDICATION

  

INTRODUCTION  Divine Inspiration and  Divine guidance. This book opens with the Theoretical (Vedic) mahathmyam of the Mahadevi in a highly condensed form  and ends with a Section containing Practical instances of the Mahathmyam of the Mahadevi, to convince all the twelve types  of persons.

Attukaal  Devi’s assurance  dispels the last shreds of diffidence in the author to accomplish the Himalayan  task of writing about  Himavan’s daughter.‘Nimithamathram bhava Savyasachin’. Hope this book will give ‘Vivek santhi’ as well as proper ‘Vikar santhi’ to all concerned especially to the devotees and the faithful. A mention of the date-war developments given in the last section indicate the Divine role in the production of this book. Need for the existence of temples in general and privatey controlled temples in particular which can play the role of N.G.Os like Bharat Vikas Parishad. Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission , and Asrams like  those of Matha Amrithanandamayi, Bodhananda swami, Swami Bhoomananda  Theertha, Sri Uditchaitanya Sri Sri Ravishanker and other experts in Bharatheeya wisdom in a secular country like India. Pages  from      to        . 

             III. FOREWORD BY Justice K.Padmanabhan Nair, a great devotee of Mahadevi , former Judge of the High Court of Kerala,   and presently the Judicial Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal.   

                                                                  

     IV  MESSAGES OF  BLESSINGS 1. From the Top Three Office –bearers of the Trust, safeguarding the interests of the Devi and the Temple.

     V SpECIAL FEATURES / ASPECTS  OF THIS BOOK

     VI  NINE SECTIONS OF THE BOOK

 

          SECTION  1  Mahatmyam of the Mahadevi in brief.  The Alternate Title. Suggestion regarding “Ekaslokalalitha sahasranamam” Pages         to

          SECTION  2.  Bird’s eye-view of the Mahatmyam and the very origin of Kerala and its Temples. Age of Kerala

         SECTION  3.  Divine location.Origin and Development of the Great Attukaal Devi Temple. The Swayambhoo Kannaki, who manifested as Parvthy Devi in  Attukaal, is said to have destroyed Adharmis in Madurai in Tamilnaadu during the Second Century A.D Attukaal Bhagavathy – the Kaliyuga Varadadayini  Concern of Lord Shiva and Sri Parvathy,about the troubles  undesirable  conditions  in kaliyuga.  The Temple and idols/

                             (  Picture of Attukaal Bhagavathy  alone on the Temple as in the case of  Chottanikkara devi ( half-size not to show  Vethaal in the finest attractive colour. )

     “This Third Devi- inspired  book is a Telling example of the Play and  Manifestation of the Maha Chaithanyam that the Mahadevi is “ (From the Foreword)                                                

                                                     Written and Pubished by

                                                 B.Balakrishna Pillai B.Sc., L.L.B.

                                                      As ordained by Devi    

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT CAMP

  

Dhanyatman Sri Jagadeesh Maligi, General secretary  of Karnataka Uttar Prant,

        Subject -- Personality Development Camp

         Ref:-    Holding of 10-day Personality Development Residential camp Camp by   Dharwad  Shakha under the Dynamic Leadership of  your good self  in April 2010  for 70 boys and girls between the age of 10 to 16 years—news published in the June 2010 issue of  Niti, official  monthly magazine of Bharat Vikas Parishad.

           I, a humble member of a great N.G.O like our B.V.Parishad, for the last 15 years,   have been a strong advocate of conducting such camps especially for boys and girls in the formative period of their lives. So my happiness knew no bounds when I read the above news referred to. May God bless you and all members of the organizing committee for conducting such a camp. May this be repeated in other regions and at national level too for the creation of true Bharatheeyans. MY HIGH CONGRATUALTIONS TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE IN GENERAL AND YOUR GOOD SELF IN PARTICULAR

           May I offer a few following suggestions in my capacity as a former National level Trainer of a famous and prestigious National Training Centre at  New-Delhi for whatever it is worth.

1. A good training course ( this can be called ‘Training for Development’ too) requires four ingredients  viz I, A trained trainer trained in training methods taught  at the Indian Institute of Secretariat  Training and Management ,  ii. Trainees with an aptitude for  acquisition of knowledge not taught in schools and universities ( This is what is exactly done/ or should be done  by Non-governemntal organizations like our B.V.P.)

iii. A good training environment

iv The contents to be imparted  should include the great topic of Bharatheeya wisdom  mainly consisting of the Three subjects of 1. The importance of training contained in the formula K.S.A.xAxA 2.Values for Excellence in Performance  and 3 Concept of Personality Development – Unique contributions of Bharatheeya Wisdom  to this concept  with versions from Western Wisdom 

       For the contents the following 4 books are considered suitable by legal luminaries, Vedic scholars and  Devaswom officials and trainers.

 I joined Bharath Vikas Parishad  after my retirement in 1989 to gain some knowledge about these topics and collected during the last 15 years  enough material for writing 7 books of which  four books emerged as most sought after ones, by the grace of The Chaitanyam

 They are 1. Eternal Values for Human Excellence. 2. Concept of Personality Development – Unique contributions of Bharatheeya wisdom  to this concept with versions from western wisdom . 3  Book On  Adi Parasakthi  4  Value of Absence of Egoism—Ego the Friend and  ego the foe, problems and solutions.

Many Persons including former and sitting judges, Vedic Scholars, Professors and experienced senior officials have highly commented upon these books and commended it to all concerned. (Gist of  some of the comments can be sent on requisition /are enclosed for your information.)

      

            Some of you may wonder as to why a person who has written about the Value of Absence of Egoism is writing about his own books  Please remember that even Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa has said that a little ego is justified if that is meant for the good of humanity. Yes I joined BVP to study what I have not been taught in schools and colleges and I thought it my duty to bring these books to your notice for the benefit of humanity. At this age and stage in life ( At 79) I have no other axe to grind except the burning desire to transmit the knowledge gathered during almost two decades of my retired life. Gnana Danam, I am told is the greatest gift one can give to humanity. I feel blessed by Adiparasakthi at my patience with which I wrote almost 7 books for the benefit of others . A sense of fulfilment pervades my mind.

       It is good to quote examples from Ramayana and Mahabharatha ; but a personality development course will be imcomplete without defining the concept of personality envisaged in India Ethos and western Ethos . Yes only Indian ethos deals with the Three bodies, four layers and five sheats that constitute the real personality More over to develop the personality  Eighteen steps that will help develop personality also must be taught

 I am always prepared tp help and clarify any point at all times amd climes  provided that Mahadevi  gives me the health needed to stand the stresses and strains of life . A Trivandrum group who saw my books said that the books are self explanatory and very useful for their classes on personality development.

Thanking you in anticipation of persusing this lettet and assuring you of my help to the extent possible I remain yours and in the Lord.

Dhanyatman Sri Jagadeesh Maligi, General secretary  of Karnataka Uttar Prant,

        Subject -- Personality Development Camp

         Ref:-    Holding of 10-day Personality Development Residential camp Camp by   Dharwad  Shakha under the Dynamic Leadership of  your good self  in April 2010  for 70 boys and girls between the age of 10 to 16 years—news published in the June 2010 issue of  Niti, official  monthly magazine of Bharat Vikas Parishad.

           I, a humble member of a great N.G.O like our B.V.Parishad, for the last 15 years,   have been a strong advocate of conducting such camps especially for boys and girls in the formative period of their lives. So my happiness knew no bounds when I read the above news referred to. May God bless you and all members of the organizing committee for conducting such a camp. May this be repeated in other regions and at national level too for the creation of true Bharatheeyans. MY HIGH CONGRATUALTIONS TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE IN GENERAL AND YOUR GOOD SELF IN PARTICULAR

           May I offer a few following suggestions in my capacity as a former National level Trainer of a famous and prestigious National Training Centre at  New-Delhi for whatever it is worth.

1. A good training course ( this can be called ‘Training for Development’ too) requires four ingredients  viz I, A trained trainer trained in training methods taught  at the Indian Institute of Secretariat  Training and Management ,  ii. Trainees with an aptitude for  acquisition of knowledge not taught in schools and universities ( This is what is exactly done/ or should be done  by Non-governemntal organizations like our B.V.P.)

iii. A good training environment

iv The contents to be imparted  should include the great topic of Bharatheeya wisdom  mainly consisting of the Three subjects of 1. The importance of training contained in the formula K.S.A.xAxA 2.Values for Excellence in Performance  and 3 Concept of Personality Development – Unique contributions of Bharatheeya Wisdom  to this concept  with versions from Western Wisdom 

       For the contents the following 4 books are considered suitable by legal luminaries, Vedic scholars and  Devaswom officials and trainers.

 I joined Bharath Vikas Parishad  after my retirement in 1989 to gain some knowledge about these topics and collected during the last 15 years  enough material for writing 7 books of which  four books emerged as most sought after ones, by the grace of The Chaitanyam

 They are 1. Eternal Values for Human Excellence. 2. Concept of Personality Development – Unique contributions of Bharatheeya wisdom  to this concept with versions from western wisdom . 3  Book On  Adi Parasakthi  4  Value of Absence of Egoism—Ego the Friend and  ego the foe, problems and solutions.

Many Persons including former and sitting judges, Vedic Scholars, Professors and experienced senior officials have highly commented upon these books and commended it to all concerned. (Gist of  some of the comments can be sent on requisition /are enclosed for your information.)

      

            Some of you may wonder as to why a person who has written about the Value of Absence of Egoism is writing about his own books  Please remember that even Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa has said that a little ego is justified if that is meant for the good of humanity. Yes I joined BVP to study what I have not been taught in schools and colleges and I thought it my duty to bring these books to your notice for the benefit of humanity. At this age and stage in life ( At 79) I have no other axe to grind except the burning desire to transmit the knowledge gathered during almost two decades of my retired life. Gnana Danam, I am told is the greatest gift one can give to humanity. I feel blessed by Adiparasakthi at my patience with which I wrote almost 7 books for the benefit of others . A sense of fulfilment pervades my mind.

       It is good to quote examples from Ramayana and Mahabharatha ; but a personality development course will be imcomplete without defining the concept of personality envisaged in India Ethos and western Ethos . Yes only Indian ethos deals with the Three bodies, four layers and five sheats that constitute the real personality More over to develop the personality  Eighteen steps that will help develop personality also must be taught

 I am always prepared tp help and clarify any point at all times amd climes  provided that Mahadevi  gives me the health needed to stand the stresses and strains of life . A Trivandrum group who saw my books said that the books are self explanatory and very useful for their classes on personality development.

Thanking you in anticipation of persusing this lettet and assuring you of my help to the extent possible I remain yours and in the Lord.

SOME FACTS BY THE EXPERTS

Given below please see some factors’ /views that support the above view.

1. Temples and pilgrim places combined with Trusts  Asrams and Non-Governmental organizations  like Bharat Vikas Parishad etc Satsangs and Sathrams must become schools and universities from where man can learn about things not taught about the highly essential Man making  wisdom needed for inner personality development , some lessons of knowledge about self, mind and mind control very much necessary to lead a happy life.
2.  Bharatheeya Wisdom consists of a Man-making Value system and Concept of Personality Development. They are needed to eliminate the ill-effects of modern education and .Even famous western scientists like Dr Capro Einstein and historians assert that unless modern science studies more about the concept of consciousness and Bharatheeya value system science cannot make much progress.
3.  A forthcoming Devi-inspired 4^th book contains a Divine message to the effect that “Temples should become and remain as the seats of culture , spirituality and school of learning and teaching about the Glorious Man-making Value system and Concept of Personality Development”.  If not the catastrophic conditions envisaged  by  Swami Vivekananda “in which the ruling deities will be lust and luxury as male and female deities , with fraud , force and competition as its ceremonies  will be created and possibility of a nuclear annihilation envisaged by renowned  historian Arnold Toynbee, will become a certainty.

      4 These bookstalls in temples and educational institutions must contain the highly acclaimed   Three Devi- inspired books titled 1. Eternal Values for Human Excellence , 2.Concept of Personality Development and 3. Greatness and Glory of Sri Chottaniikara Devi and the Temple, the first book on The Adi Paraasakthi,  all available in Chottanikkara Devaswom book stall and Guruvayoor Devaswom Book stall. If not available please contact or write to the Author whose address is given above  

The first two books together constitute  a “Single window solution to almost all the problems in the world and to almost all the maladies of the mind of man” declared  Justice Sri Padmanabhan Nair and Sri Komalan  the Then Special commissioner of Cochin Devaswom Board.     

The staff in the bookstall should be briefed on the importance and uses of the books. They must develop the capacity to explain the same in brief.

Dhanyatman,

MY WORKS SO FAR

1.Importance of Bhakthi in kaliyuga  







      2.Eternal values of Human Excellence(Indian value System)  





3 American value system 



4. The value of abscence of egoism 

5 greatness and glory of Sree chottanikkara Devi








6 Concept of personality development




7.  Greatness and glory of  Sri Attukal Bhagavathy
(Attukal Bagavatheeyam)

ACKNOWLEDMENT

  

 I wish to express my grateful thanks to all concerned especially  Puzhakkara  Chennas Brahmasree  Dinesan Namboothiripad, Thanthri of the Temple, Sri P.V. Kesavan Namboothiri, Sahamelsanthi, now acting as Melsanthi   Sarvasree R.Ravindran Nair, R.Gopinathgan Nair, K.P.Ramachandra Nair and all other office-bearers and members of the Trust  and officials of temple administration whom I had the fortune to meet during the two stints of my stay in the enchanting chaitanyam –filled atmosphere of the temple  for lending their full-hearted support for accomplishing this Himalayan task of writing about the Himavaan’s daughter and Her Temple.

          Forewords to all the Six books written by me , by the grace of the Chaitanyam, were written by the late Brahmasree ( Professor )Paleli Narayanan Namboothiri pad , a great Vedic scholar and author of several well-acclaimed books like Vedakiranangal, Hraswa Bhagavatham, Bhagavatha Chinthakal, Devi Narayaneeyam ,  4-volume commentary on Ekadesa skandam and several other articles. My meditational reflexion made me select a real devotee of the Devi to write the forward. And I thank Justice Sri K.Padmanabhan Nair for agreeing to write a Foreword for this Devi-inspired Book from the depths of my heart.

     Permit me to express my love and thanks to Geetha Balakrishnan and her son Raghunath my from Dubai and Canada respectively, Lekha Raghunath,my daughter-in-law and her son Govind, from U.S.A.,  and Mrs Asha Sree kumar, a cousin of ours staying near by  ( incidentally majority  of them are the female forms of Brahman) and the presence of the first four persons here was the result of a strange coincidence of incidents) for assisting me in taking computer print outs of the draft of this book  

        

      May Attukaalamma’s blessings be with all of them.

                                           B.Balakrishna Pillai, B.Sc. L.L.B

                                           Skyline City Park, 6-D Oakwood Apartments

                                           Kadavanthra, P.O.

                                           Jawaharnagar  Kochi  Pin 682020.   

     

                                                 Phone  0484 2204 222.

                                                 Mobile No  9497023201

                       

ATTUKAL DEVI MAHATMYAM

                             (  Picture of Attukaal Bhagavathy  alone on the Temple as in the case of  Chottanikkara devi ( half-size not to show  Vethaal in the finest attractive colour. )

     “This Third Devi- inspired  book is a Telling example of the Play and  Manifestation of the Maha Chaithanyam that the Mahadevi is “ (From the Foreword)                                                 

                                                     Written and Pubished by

                                                 B.Balakrishna Pillai B.Sc., L.L.B.

                                                      As ordained by Devi    

     II. INTRODUCTION  Divine Inspiration and  Divine guidance. This book opens with the Theoretical (Vedic) mahathmyam of the Mahadevi in a highly condensed form  and ends with a Section containing Practical instances of the Mahathmyam of the Mahadevi, to convince all the twelve types  of persons.

Attukaal  Devi’s assurance  dispels the last shreds of diffidence in the author to accomplish the Himalayan  task of writing about  Himavan’s daughter.‘Nimithamathram bhava Savyasachin’. Hope this book will give ‘Vivek santhi’ as well as proper ‘Vikar santhi’ to all concerned especially to the devotees and the faithful. A mention of the date-war developments given in the last section indicate the Divine role in the production of this book. Need for the existence of temples in general and privatey controlled temples in particular which can play the role of N.G.Os like Bharat Vikas Parishad. Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission , and Asrams like  those of Matha Amrithanandamayi, Bodhananda swami, Swami Bhoomananda  Theertha, Sri Uditchaitanya Sri Sri Ravishanker and other experts in Bharatheeya wisdom in a secular country like India. Pages  from      to        . 

             III. FOREWORD BY Justice K.Padmanabhan Nair, a great devotee of Mahadevi , former Judge of the High Court of Kerala,   and presently the Judicial Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal.   

                                                                  

     IV  MESSAGES OF  BLESSINGS 1. From the Top Three Office –bearers of the Trust, safeguarding the interests of the Devi and the Temple.

     V SpECIAL FEATURES / ASPECTS  OF THIS BOOK

     VI  NINE SECTIONS OF THE BOOK

 

          SECTION  1  Mahatmyam of the Mahadevi in brief.  The Alternate Title. Suggestion regarding “Ekaslokalalitha sahasranamam” Pages         to

          SECTION  2.  Bird’s eye-view of the Mahatmyam and the very origin of Kerala and its Temples. Age of Kerala

         SECTION  3.  Divine location.Origin and Development of the Great Attukaal Devi Temple. The Swayambhoo Kannaki, who manifested as Parvthy Devi in  Attukaal, is said to have destroyed Adharmis in Madurai in Tamilnaadu during the Second Century A.D Attukaal Bhagavathy – the Kaliyuga Varadadayini  Concern of Lord Shiva and Sri Parvathy,about the troubles  undesirable  conditions  in kaliyuga.  The Temple and idols/images. [U1] The reason  for Kannaki’s birth

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Ohm Sri Mahaganapathaye namah. Om Attukaal Mahadevyai namah.

Ohm Sree Sivasakthyaikya Roopinyai namah Ohm Sri Lalithambikaye namah
                               Ohm Sri Durgaayai namah 

                                “Durgaam Deveem Saranamaham Prapadye”
                                      (Devi Dwadasakhshari Mahamantra)

 “Srishtau yaa sargarupaa jagadavanavidhau Palinee ya cha raudree

Samhare chapi yasyaa jagadidamakhilam Kreedanam ya parakhya

Pasyanthee madhyamaatho tadanu bhagavathee Vaikharee varnarupaa

Saasmad vaacham prasannaa vidhi hari girisaa
             Raadhithaalam karothu.”

         (Devi Bhagavatha Mahatmyam)

(May Devi the Parasakhthi, worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Maheswara, who creates (projects) the universe, maintains it and dissolves the same respectively,  May that Devi who plays the three games of creation, maintenance and dissolution of the universe  bless and grace my words- (yes-grace this humble attempt of mine as Her  instrument  to write about her grace, greatness, compassion love and leelas with her characteristic kindness, compassion  and love in a gracious way)

           “Sarva chaitanya rupaam taamaadyaam vidyaam cha dheemahi
                    Buddhim yaa  na: prachodayaat” (Devi Gayathri)

                                     DEDICATION

                     AT THE HOLY FEET OF SUPER MOTHER

                        ATTUKAALAMMA WITH ANANTHAKODI

                             PRANAAMS FROM THE AUTHOR