Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jai Ganesha !!
Sage Agastya was
undertaking severe penance on the hills of Coorg/Kudaku located on the east of
Karnataka, there appeared maiden sacred rivers on their joyous journey
passing through this particular place where Sage Agastya was immersed in
meditation. These maidens were merrily moved through this land creating
undulating noises, due to this Sage Agastya was disturbed and got out of
meditation. Sage Agastya’s eyes were fallen on Cauvery, the most cheery
maiden amongst the crowd, rest of them were humbly retrieved from the sight of
the Sage. Cauvery sarcastically looked upon the Sage and laughed out at
the appearance of him. Sage Agastya decided to teach a lesson to Cauvery
and it turned out an opportunity for Cauvery to serve the humanity.
Consequently Cauvery was trapped in the vessel of Sage Agastya. All the
deities and Sages assembled in Indra Loka to discuss about the seriousness of
this issue. Lord Brahma advised to appeal to Lord Ganesha, who is the
remover of obstacles. All the deities and Sages approached Lord Ganesha
and pleaded to release river Cauvery from the clutches of Sage Agastya.
Lord Ganesha disguised into a crow and moved towards Sage Agastya who was in
deep meditation; the crow skillfully tripped the vessel on the ground.
Surprisingly, Cauvery leaped out of the vessel with all her charm. Sage
Agastya angrily opened his eyes and saw a small child stood before him and the
vessel at a distance. He furiously seized the child and gave a bang on
his head with his knuckles. The compassionate Lord Ganesha assumed his
real form and disappeared instantly. Sage Agastya was stunned at the
sight of Lord and became hysterical, he lamented over his foolishness.
Lord Ganesha advised Sage to bid farewell to Cauvery and bless her to provide
all the goodness to the world. Sage Agastya felt miserable over his
mistake and followed river Cauvery, visited many sacred shrines on his way.
Eventually, Lord Ganesha appeared before Sage Agastya who was utterly miserable
upon the sin committed, advised him to remain calm and worship Lord in a
particular method of banging on forehead with knuckles. The sacred place
where Lord Ganesha appeared before Sage Agastya is famously known as Ganapathi
Agraharam located in Papanasam, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu.
Jai Ganesha !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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