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Vadakkunnathan Temple ((マラヤーラム語:വടക്കുന്നാഥൻ ക്ഷേത്രം)) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at city of Thrissur, of Kerala state in India. This temple is a classic example of the architectural style of Kerala and has monumental towers on all four sides and also a kuttambalam. Mural paintings depicting various episodes from ''Mahabharata'' can be seen inside the temple.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vadakkumnathan Temple )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thrissur Pooram )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vadakkumnathan Temple: )〕 The shrines and the ''Kuttambalam'' display vignettes carved in wood. The temple, along with the mural paintings, has been declared as a National Monument by India under the AMASR Act.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alphabetical List of Monuments - Kerala )〕 According to popular local lore, this is the first temple built by Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. Tekkinkadu Ground, encircling the Vadakkunnathan Temple, is the main venue of the Thrissur Pooram.〔〔 Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter into the temple.〔 In the year 2012 Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recommended 14 sites, including Vadakkumnathan Temple and palaces, from Kerala to include in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kerala: Vadakkunnathan temple may be UNESCO's world heritage site )〕 ==Legend== The story of the origin of the Vadakkunnathan Temple is briefly narrated in ''Brahmanda Purana'' and there are references to it in some other works also. Though there are differences between these accounts on the details, all agree on the central fact, namely, that the temple was founded by Parashurama. Parashurama exterminated Kshatriyas twenty one times. In order to expiate the sin, he performed a yajna at the end of which he gave away all the land to Brahmins as dakshina. He wanted to retire to some new land to do tapasya and so he requested the sea God Varuna to throw up a new piece of land from the sea. According to another version, some sages approached him at the end of the yajna and requested him to give them some secluded land. Parashurama then made the request to Varuna for their sake. Varuna gave him a winnow (surpa) and asked him to hurl it into the sea, as he did a large territory of land was at once thrown up by the sea; this territory that rose out of the sea was Kerala. It was then known by the name "Surparaka", from the word, "Surpa" meaning winnow. According to some other accounts, Varuna asked Parashurama to hurl his axe into the sea. Parashurama now wanted to consecrate this new land. So he went to Mount Kailash to his guru, the God Shiva and requested him to take abode in Kerala and thereby bless the region. Shiva accompanied by his wife Parvati, his sons Ganesha and Subrahmanya and his parashadas went along with Parashurama, to satisfy the desire of his disciple. Shiva stopped at a spot, now Thrissur, for his seat and later he and his party disappeared and Parashurama saw a bright and radiant Shiva linga (aniconic symbol of Shiva) at the foot of a huge banyan tree. This place where Shiva first manifested his presence through the linga came to be called the ''Sri Mula Sthana''. For sometime, the linga remained at ''Sri Mula Sthana'' at the foot of a huge banyan tree. The ruler of Cochin Kingdom then decided to shift the linga to a more convenient place and enclose it in a temple. Arrangements were soon made to reinstall the idol in the new place. But there was an initial difficulty. The linga could not be removed without cutting off a large part of the banyan tree. While cutting the branches of the tree, there was the danger of a piece of it falling on the idol and damaging it. When the ruler and the others did not know what to do, the Yogatirippadu came forward with a solution. He lay over the idol so as to cover it completely and asked the men to cut the tree. The cutting began and to the wonder of all not a piece of the tree fell anywhere near the idol. The idol was removed with all due rituals and installed in the new place where it has remained till now. Then a temple was built according to the rules laid down in the Shastras. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Vadakkumnathan Shiva Temple )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dakshina Kailasam Thrissivaperoor Sree Vadakkunnatha Temple )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Temples of Kerala- Vadakkunnathan Temple )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vadakkunnathan Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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