Today I had an idea to search for info on Kodungallur Meena Bharani in google. Now the Meenam month is starting. There appeared a long list of windows. I don't know whether you are aware of this festival. I mentioned this in my autobiography but few words. The Google sights are full of info on the strange festival. The followers sing obscene songs about the goddess. Today it seems to have more followers if we witness the photos and videos. In sights there are too many Bharani pattu matters. Since I cannot hear, I perused only those I could and see. You may try the search on the subject.
The legend about the temple is connected with the Tamil Classic work"CHILAPPADIKARAM" the story of Kannagi and Kovilan. Due to circumstances they move to Madurai the capital of Pandya kingdom. There Kovilan goes to sell one of Kannagi's anklets in market. The police took him as the thief of anklet of the queen and took him to the court. The king sentenced him to death. He was done to death. Kannagi heard about and too angry furious reached the court of the King and questioned the king to prove that the anklet that was with Kovilan was that of queen. She broke her anklet by throwing on the floor and established that anklets are different. Kannagi plucked one of her breasts and threw it onto the Madurai city that caused the city to burnt to ashes. She left the kingdom and reached Kodungallur in Kerala and stayed there. She is called Godess of single breast (otta mulachi) I had the Malayalam translation of this Tamil classic by my Sanskrit teacher P.Narayanan Nair. It was so many decades back and I have forgotten a lot of this story. During the annual festival i.e. Meena Bharani devotees chant very obscene songs and dance all the way through all villages upto the temple. Google has sites featuring these songs. You may try and locate the sites.
This is all for the present. Happy to hear about welbeing of all in location.
Yours with lots pf love Appa.
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