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English: The Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is a major Hindu temple in Kerala, a site for weddings and rites-of-passages of Hindu families.
The temple roadside entrance has a Nataraja (dancing Shiva), has a mandala for social events such as performance arts, a dedicated place facing the garbha-grihya (inner sanctum) for Hindu rites of passage, a balance for donations (tula dana), a free community kitchen to feed the needy and visitors (anna dana). A tula dana is one of many forms of charity (w:Dāna) described in Hindu texts. The donor sits on one side of the balance, while on the other he gives away a donation equal to his or her weight. Sometimes the donation is given to mark the birth of a baby, in which case a donation equal to the baby's weight is given to charitable cause. The donation typically consists of grains, fruits or other food, or clothes, or handicrafts or jewelry. |
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