Kalakat Illam - Importance of Kuttishaasthan at Kalakat Illam

Importance of Kuttishaasthan At Kalakat Illam

As from the lyrics of "thottam paattu": Years long back, when there was no child births at kalakat Illam, and situation came like no more successors would be born, the eldest member (karnavar - Malayalam word for the eldest male member) of the Kalakat Illam, performed a homa or a yaga. Amidst the Yaga a child appeared, and later this child started showcasing supernatural powers. This child was from then known as "Kalakatu karinkutti shaasthan". Here in the Illam, Karin-kutti shaasthan is depicted as the vaishnava and the ucha-kutti shaasthan as the shaiva amsham. There are other stories related to the birth and forms of the kutti shaasthan. But the mentioned story is formally accepted.

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