It is interesting to note that they are mentioned and are also popular in the KUlathhor temple of Kallidai Kurichi. Chella Pillai and these Bhootha courtiers of Sastha are not very popular in the Ayyappan cult of Sabari Malai. Another important aspect about Nurani Sastha songs is that they extol also the son of Sastha called Chella Pillai, and many couriers of Sastha Like Vella Kal bhootham, SAngili Sastha, Yakshi, Karuppan and so on. It is also interesting to note that there is only one idol of the boy Sastha in Aryan Kavu (Namboodiri is supposed to have consecrated it based on this temple), But In Kulathoor Sastha temple which is near Kallidai Kurichi the sastha is with his queens Poorna and Pushkala. But this is not so, because in Kualthoor puzha Sastha is consecrated as a child and not as one who was married to Poorna and Pushkala. Many people still believe that the Kulathoor that they are referring in Kulathoor puzha. Most of these songs are addressed to the Thenkulathoor ayyan.
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One of the great Musician of Nurani called Parameswara Bhagawathar who was in the court of King Swathi Thirunal Maharaja, has played a key role in collecting these songs.¬ It is not at all clear about the format of the Sastha Pattukkal at the earliest times. I am telling this because, Most of the Sastha preethi songs are addressed to the Then Kulathoor Ayyan though the villagers claim that they are celebrating it for the past 300 years. But the Grand Sastha Preethi which is being celebrated in Noorani must have originated from here. Possibly it started in a small way in the Pondi Agraharams in Ernakulam. It is not clear when Sastha Preethi started being celebrated in Kerala agraharams. It seems in Kualthoor where it seems to have originated, the eighteen agraharams used to join together and perform it in a grand way. ) After the worship and singing songs extolling Dharma Sastha, a wholesome food is provided to all the Brahmins.
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(A similar function carried out by the Non Brahmin community is called Ayyappan Vilakku. It is essentially confined to the Brahmin community. It was possibly that this family which started the Sastha Preethi as we know it now. At That time it is believed that The Lord promised them that he would be with them wherever they go and would assist them.(Kambangudikku naan adimai-I am a slave to the Kambangudi family). It seems this family helped Swami Ayyappan by providing him food when he came to hunt for a tigress.
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One of the members of this samooham was a family of Kambangudi. These settlers were called the Pondi Samooham in kerala. In due course they first settled in Ernakulam and later In Trichur. They were essentially business people and used to carry out trade in various parts of Kerala. This village had a group of Brahmins called Karanthayar Brahmins. It is in one such village called Kulathoor which is near Kallidai Kurichi town that the practice of Sastha Preethi originated. There are even today, large number of Sastha temples in that district. But Sastha with his consorts was very popular in Thirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. At That time Ayyappan as a God was not popular among Brahmins of Kerala. The people of the village believe that all this happened more than 200 years earlier. People of Nurani believe that these were the idols worshipped by that Namboodiri.
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He used to visit the Aryankavu every year but when he became old and was not able to visit Aryankavu, the Lord appeared in his dream and ordered him to install his statutes in front of his house and worship them. Later they came to know that there was a Namboodiri in that place before the agraharam was built and he was a great devotee of Aryankavu Sastha. The people of the Agraharam built a temple for Sastha along with his consorts. The idols of Sastha and that of Poorna and Pushkala were installed in the Nurani agraharam and the the idol of Bhagawathi was installed in the harijan colony of Kaikuthu Paramba.
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The astrologers who were summoned to find out what they are told that the Three cylindrical shapes were the idols of Dharma Sastha and his two consorts, Poorna and Pushkala and the flat stone was that of Bhagawathy (Some say Malikapurathamma). Further digging was done very carefully and three cylindrical stones as well as a flat stone were recovered from there. The Brahmins of the village were informed about this. It seems after their ancestors decided to settle in that place and when they were clearing the bushes in the western side of the village, The labourers who were from the nearby Harijan colony heard a sound akin to the ringing of bells as well as very aromatic perfume like scent. The people who originally inhabited this Agraharam believe that they have migrated to this village from Thiruvannamali of Tamil Nadu. Nurani is one of the very famous Agraharams of Palakkad Town with large number of Brahmin houses.