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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology--><br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| image = Vettaykkorumakan.jpg<br />
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| name = Vettakkoru Makan<br />
| script_name = Malayalam<br />
| script = വേട്ടക്കൊരുമകന്<br />
| affiliation = Son of [[Lord Shiva|Shiva]]<br />
| god_of = <!--e.g. god of death--><br />
| abode = <br />
| mantra = <!--e.g. Gayatri--><br />
| weapon = Churika<br />
| consort = <br />
| mount = <!-- (Vahana) e.g. Garuda --><br />
| symbols = <!--Other symbols associated with individual devas --><br />
| texts = <!--e.g. Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana--><br />
| region = [[Kerala]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Vettakkoru Makan''' ({{Lang-ml|വേട്ടക്കൊരുമകന്}}) is a [[Hindu]] [[deity]] worshipped in parts of [[Malabar District|Northern Kerala]]. This deity is alternately referred as '''Kiratha-Sunu''' (son of [[Kirata]]) in [[Sanskrit]].<ref name = "VOM01">Religion, art and culture, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer, College Book House, 1977</ref><ref name = "VOM02">Temples of Kaṇṇoor̳ District, S. Jayashanker, India. Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala, Controller of Publications, 2001</ref> Vettakkorumakan is believed to be the son of Lord [[Shiva]] by his consort [[Parvathi]], born when he assumed the form of a Kirata (hunter) to deliver a weapon known as Pashupathasthra to [[Arjuna]]. He is mostly and exclusively worshipped in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] region of Kerala. The most famous temple of this deity is the [[Kurumbranad|Balussery-Kotta Vettakkorumakan temple]] about 25&nbsp;km from [[Kozhikode|Calicut]]. This was once the fort of the [[Rajas]] of [[Kurumbranad]]. Other prominent temples are at [[Ramanthali]], [[Nileshwar]], [[Kottakkal]], [[Nilambur]], [[Karaparamba]] and various places in [[Kannur district]] and Kasargod district. He is the family deity of the [[Chirakkal Raja|Rajas of Chirakkal]], [[Nileshwar]], [[Kottakkal]], Nilambur Kovilakam, Kalathil Kartha's, Aluva, Amarambalam Kovilakam and Randu Illam Vargam Nambiars. Those families among the nobility of Malabar who have Vettakkorumakan as their family deity are connected in one way or other incidentally to either Balussery Fort or Kurumbranad.Later he moved to Kottanachery temple in Vellur, Payyanur in North Malabar.<br />
A special type of firecracker called "Kathina" was his favourite.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
''Vettaikkorumakan'' in ({{Lang-ml|വേട്ടക്കൊരുമകന്}}) supposedly means "a son from a hunt", though grammatically and etymologically it is not acceptable. It is because the word comes from 'Karumakan' (കരുമകന്).Therefore, the correct name is 'Vettakkarumakan' (വേട്ടക്കരുമകന്). Traditionally, it was a deity of hunting; (vetta, വേട്ട = hunting, in Mal.). The Malayalam-English dictionary of [[Hermann Gundert]] too mentions the name Karumakan (കരുമകന്). In ancient Kerala, especially in northern Kerala, people who went for hunting used to give oblations (''vazhipadu'', Mal.) at the shrines of Vettakkarumakan. The [http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/ Kerala Bhasha Institute] has published a well-researched book titled 'Vettakkarumakan' (വേട്ടക്കരുമകന്) by Y.V. Kannan. The wrong and illogical transformation of the word to Vettakkorumakan (വേട്ടക്കൊരുമകന്) is a relatively new development, probably post-1850s.<br />
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==Legend==<br />
Vettakkorumakan is the son of Siva and Parvati. When [[Shiva]] appeared before Arjuna in the form of a hunter in his [[Kirata| Kirata Avatar]] to grant him His personal weapon, Pasupata, Devi [[Parvati]] was also with him dressed as a huntress. After giving Arjuna the Pasupata the divine couple wandered in the forest in the same form for some time. During this period they had a son born of extraordinary effulgence and that is Vettakkorumakan or son born during hunting, to put it roughly. The boy was very mischievous. During his hunting he killed many asuras. But making free use of his bow and arrows he also gave endless trouble to the Devas and Rishis. Unable to bear his mischief they first approached Brahma who expressed his helplessness as the boy was the son of Shiva. Then they besought the help of Shiva Himself who however dismissed them by saying that he being a boy would be naturally naughty and he would be all right when he grew up. As a last resort they approached Mahavishnu who took the form of an old hunter and went to the boy. Vishnu displayed before the boy a golden [[Sword#Churika|churika]],(dagger-cum-sword) which was so beautiful that it attracted the boy who begged him to make a present of it. Vishnu agreed provided he would behave in a responsible manner by giving up his bow and started protecting the people instead of harming them. The boy accepted the condition and with the churika took leave of his parents from Kailasa and went to the land of Parasurama, Kerala. He crossed several mountains and forests and rivers and reached North Kerala where he first entered the Balussery Fort. Hence the importance of the Balussery temple dedicated to Vettakkorumakan though the Lord later visited other places where He was revered and worshipped. He is the family deity of [[Kurumbranad|Kurumbranad Rajas]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Muthappan]]<br />
*[[Shiva]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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