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26. JALANDHARA HARA MOORTHY

            Idol of Lord Shiva with demon king Jalandhara is adoring with divinely status.There is a myth behind this idol. King Jalandhara by the virtue of boon he had, great powers, which permitted him to live for-ever. His nature was bad and he ill-treated all the divines and devotees of Lord Shiva. His habits of torturings were causing great danger to the universe. Fortunately, he had a good wife. According to boon, the goodness and chastity of his wife would provide him the mightiest of all. Some times where the intelligence have no scope, the voluntary interference of divine power will happen and the destruction of evil power would reach to an end. Lord Mahavishnu participated here. The war between Jalandhara and Lord Shiva ended in the destruction of Jalandhara. The justice and goodness then guarded by Lord Shiva. Jalandhara, when he met his end, he came to understand his cruelty and begged pardon. Lord Shiva graciously accepted and granted him with the heavenly abode.

           Here, the character of wife is good and that of the husband is bad. There occur problems inside home and office. Justice has got its own merit and never permit the injustice to dominate. In common life, there comes certain circumstance to give agony and torture. All such influences will vanish when the worship to Jalandhara Hara Moorthy is commenced.