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THE HEROIC SAGA OF RAMASIMHAN AND MATTUMMAL SRI NARASIMHA
TEMPLE – Part IV
By: V SUNDARAM vsundaram@newstodaynet.com
Tuesday, 11 August, 2009, 03:55 PM
In these columns on Wednesday, 5 August, 2009, Thursday, 6 August, 2009, and Monday
10 August, 2009, I had described in graphic detail the destruction of Mattummal Sri
Narasimhamoorthy Temple at Malaparamba, near Angadipuram, in Malappuram District
during TIPU SULTAN’S JIHAD AGAINST THE HINDUS OF MALABAR; the heroic role played by
SWAMI CHIDANDAPURI of Kulattoor Advaita Ashramam laying the foundation for Sri
Mattummal Narasimhamoorthy Temple in 2008.
Sri Ramasimhan and his family in rebuilding the Temple; the dastardly mass murder at
midnight of Ramasimhan along with his family and retainers in their sleep by a pack of blood-
thirsty Muslim Moplah marauders and the repeat destruction of that temple at the hands of those
frenzied savages on 17 August, 1947. I had also narrated the treacherous efforts of the
Communist-Congress combine to aid and assist the Moplah Muslim murderers of unarmed
Hindus in a cold, calculated, cynical and inhuman pursuit of oppressive, manipulative minority
vote-bank politics after 15 August, 1947 till date

The High Court of Madras might have set the jihadi murderers free in 1949, but the fearsome
and implacable Lord Narasimha who destroyed the Asura Hiranyakashipu, the Vanquisher
of Devendra who re-established Dharma did not spare the jihadi assasins. Kalladi
UnniKammu Sahib, the estranged father-in-law of Hindu convert Ramasimhan (Uneen Sahib)
and main conspirator in the mass murder turned insane. Congress leader and advocate U.
Gopala Menon, who used underhand means to get the case against the murders dismissed,
turned stark raving mad soon after the court verdict and people say that his family still suffers
from the divine wrath of Lord Narasimha.
C. B. K Nambiar, who was working as a Finance Officer in a business firm in Feroke Town
(near Kozhikode) told Balan Pooteri, that a wealthy Muslim from Cheruvannur who took part in
the Ramasimhan family slaughter had turned insane. He died a very miserable death. His family
became destitute and the survivors got scattered in various directions and now there is no trace
of them. The jihadis who went with him to kill Ramasimhan were found loitering aimlessly in
Feroke Town, dressed in filthy, flea-infested rags and mumbling incoherent absurditiesl in public.
These stark facts I have gathered from a remarkable written in Malayalam by BALAN
POOTERI titled ‘Maalaparamba Mattummal Sree Narasimhamoorthy Temple’.
Front cover of Balan Pooteri’s book
We can see from Balan Pooteri’s book that fearsome episodes of untimely death, accidental
death, psychosis, hysteria, family conflict, insanity, death of offsprings, loss of life and property by
fire, death of cattle, unknown ailments and other plagues have been making their regular
debilitating visitation on the people who were guilty of the mass murder of Ramasimhan family
on the midnight of 2 August, 1947. The Temple oracle (Deva Prasnam) conducted with
prescribed solemnity, established conventions and traditional devotion on 4 January, 2007 has
categorically confirmed that these unhappy events / ghastly episodes are the terrible
consequences of past evils committed by the concerned members of the Moplah Muslim
community. Those who let loose terrorism against Ramasimhan and family on 2 August, 1947
are now facing the implacable and irrevocable nemesis the wrath of Lord Narasimha every
moment every day. Melpathur Narayana Bhattatiri (1559-1632), in his immortal

‘Narayaneeyam’ (Bhagavata condensed) has offered his salutations in Sanskrit to Lord
Narasimha which can be translated into English as follows:
‘Salutations to Thy Man-Lion form with facial features rendered forbidding on account of
face lines that wrinkled up on roaring; with a short but stout neck; with each arm strong as
a hundred, projecting powerful claws, ferocious and lustrous; and with a roaring voice
whose terrific bursts, reverberating from the skies like thunder claps put the hosts of
enemies into fright and flight.’
Inspired by the time-defying message of Narayana Bhattatiri, the bold and courageous Hindu
devotees of Mattummal Sri Narasimha Moorthy Temple and the Hindu activists of the area
fought a long and tortuous legal battle and finally brought the Mattummal Sri Narasimha
Moorthy Temple premises under the control of the Mattummal Sri Narasimha Moorthy Temple
Trust. On 30 April, 2006, under the guidance and supervision of the Chief Tantri, a
Ganapati Homam was conducted marking the commencement of the Temple
reconstruction activity.
Vilakku Festival in the Malayalam month of Karthika which fell on 4 December 2006 witnessed
a remarkable scene, with hundreds of Ayyappa devotees conducting a maha-satsangam in the
Temple premises. The damaged mani-kinar or the Temple well was deepened and its side rings
were strengthened. People recovered from this Temple well the moorthy of Lord Narasimha
that was worshipped here earlier. The moorthy was found in a decapitated condition with
its arms damaged. The moorthys of Ganapathy and Devi had suffered less damage. People
excavating the well also recovered the dwaraka-palakas of the old sanctum-sanctorum,
bali-kallu, stone lamps and other sacred remains of the old temple (gifts of
‘compassionate Islam’).
To provide a place of worship and to enable devote Hindus to congregate in one place until the
Sri Narasimhamoorthy Temple is built in its entirety, a temporary temple, the BAALA-
AALAYAM was consecrated. This took place on 14 March, 2007. The Temple tantri Brahmasri
Shankaran Unni Nambootiripad of Padinjaaraedathu Mana of Valiyakunathu, Kaladi was
entrusted with the sacred task of conducting the re-consecration of the moorthys in accordance
with the temple traditions and rites and rituals. Eagles (garudas) flew over the Temple premises
on 14 March, 2007 while the consecration of the temporary Temple, the Baala-aalayam was in
progress, heralding good omens. People were certain that Lord Narasimha blessings will be on
the people as the Temple reconstruction work progresses.
The Malaparamba electrical sub-station which was being constructed by the Kerala State
Electricity Board in an indifferent, slow and sluggish manner for the last 25 years (quarter
century to be brief!!), was suddenly completed, on the very day on which the Baala-
aalayam of Mattummal Sri Narasimha Moorthy Temple was consecrated. Now the entire
area is bathed in bright lights during the night. This has filled the minds and hearts of the devote
Hindus of the area with great joy, marked by wonder and astonishment.
Sri Shanker Shastri, a Swayamsevak of the RSS was deputed by Guruji Golwalkar in 1944
to Malabar District of Madras Presidency to create a new awakening among the Hindus of
the area. He is now nearing his 90th year and lives in Pune. He played a very great role in
the conversion of Uneen Sahib and his family to Hinduism. In other words Ramasimhan,
Dayasimhan (Narasimhan Nambootiri) owed their Hindu re-birth to Sri Shanker Shastri. It
was he who gave physical protection to Ramasimhan and family during their conversion
to Hinduism at the Calicut Arya Samaj Temple in 1946. This great man, despite his being very
old and infirm, has collected Rs 1,50,000 for the re-construction of Mattummal Sri
Narasimhamoorthy Temple. Sri Shanker Shastri visited the Baalalaya at Malaparamba on

12-5-08. We can see him in the picture below standing along with the members of the
Temple Trust.
Sri Shanker Shastri (fourth from the left), the RSS Prachaarak who had converted Uneen
Sahib to Hinduism as Ramasimhan, during his visit to Malaparamba on 12 May, 2008.
Beside him are the Members of the Temple Trust.
To help the Sri Narasimhamoorthy Trust in its reconstruction efforts, a galaxy of Hindu spiritual
luminaries and leaders formed a large Reconstruction Assistance Committee on 30
November, 2007. Their meeting was presided over by the State Prachaarak of the R.S.S, Sri A.
Gopalakrishnan. At that meeting Swami Chidanandapuri of Kulathoor Advaita Ashrama was
designated the Chief Patron and other eminent persons listed below were made patrons.
Thanthri Brahmasri Shankaran Unni Nambootiripad of Padinjaaraedathu Mana of
Valiyakunathu, Kaladi, Sri P. Parameshwaran, Director, Bharateeya Vichara Kendram and
President of Vivekananda Puram, Sri O. Rajagopal, EX-Union Minister, Sri P.E.B Menon, R.S.S
Prant Sanghachaalak, Sri K. R. Bhaskaran Pillai of Palaemedu, Sri N.M Kadamban
Nambootiri, President of Kerala Temple Protection Committee, Sri T.N Vijaya Varma of
Nilambur and Sri Mattanur Shankaran Kutty. Sri C.P Janardhanan, has been nominated as
the Chairman of the Temple Trust. Sri. R. Venugopal, former All India working President,
Bharateeya Mazdoor Sangh, has been chosen as the Co-ordinator of the Reconstruction
Assistance Committee. It is very significant to note that Sri R. Venugopal was a
pracharaak of the RSS in his youth in Angadipuram, long time ago in August 1947, when
Ramasimhan with his family and retainers were slaughtered by Moplah Muslims. On 16
January, 2008, Kanipayyur Krishnan Namboothiri, a renowned expert on tachchu-shastra and
the art of temple building, in the presence of a large gathering of devout Hindus laid the
foundation of the main temple for Malaparamba Matummal Sri Narasimhamoorthy.
Soon after taking charge as the Coordinator of Reconstruction Assistance Committee, Sri R.
Venugopal had the good fortune of visiting the ancient Sringeri Shankara Matt. The venerable
Acharya at the Sringeri Shankara Matt received him with much affection and gifted a cheque
for Rs 50,000. When the representatives of the Reconstruction Assistance Committee went to
meet the Kanchi Shankaracharya, he presented them a cheque for Rs 10,00,000 for the re-
construction of Malaparamba Mattummal Sri Narasimhamoorthy Temple. We can see the
elevation plan of the new proposed Mattummal Sri Narasimhamoorthy Temple below.

Plan for proposed temple construction
The Temple Trust has recently created a website http://www.malaparamba-
narasimhamoorthy.org/. This site is worth a visit. The reconstruction of Mattummal Sri
Narasimha Moorthy Temple should not be viewed has a mere temple building activity. This
humungous sacred effort has brought together not only the people of Malappuram, but also the
concerned Hindus in all other parts of Kerala and the rest of India. There is no doubt that with this
reconstruction, Mattumal Sri Narasimhamoorthy Temple would become a formidable Hindu
religious and social organisation that can help to organise and invigorate the Hindus and
revitalize Sanatana Dharma. The clarion call of the Temple Trust to all the Hindus of
Malappuram, Kerala and the rest of India is this: ‘Hindus of Malappuram, Kerala and India
unite! You have nothing to lose bur your pseudo-secular – Congress, Communist, Islamic,
Christian – chains!!’
( Concluded )
(The Writer is a retired IAS Officer)
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vsundaram@newstodaynet.com