Naranath Bhranthan

His chief activity consisted of rolling a big stone up a hill and then letting it fall back down.

There is a large statue of Naranath in Pattambi, Palakkad district of Kerala where he is believed to have lived.

Naranathu was born as the son of Vararuchi, the famous scholar who adorned the court of Vikrama.

The Naranathu Branthan Mala is located at Rayiranelloor in Palakkad district on the Valanchery - Pattambi road after Thiruvegappuram Shivan's temple.

The deity or the female goddess Bhadrakaali ( as in the story of Kalidasa) goes out of the temple; She performs a dance called chutalanritha, accompanied by some of her assistants.

Naranath spotted a blacksmith and asked him to give him molten metal to drink, and he drank it.

The story goes like this: The swayambhu idol of Sri Krishna was installed by some other Brahman initially and the temple poojas used to go on as usual for only a few days.

Each day for nirmalyam the melshanthi, the chief priest of the temple used to open the nada (the door of sanctum sanctorum) with fear in mind if the idol would be intact or if he would see it fallen.

The authorities sought him and got him through with half mind because he was always in dirty upkeep and attire and chewing pan.

When it happened over and over again and meanwhile his mouth was full of pan spit he spat into the slot on the platform and uttered, ‘irikkeda pulayadimone avide’ meaning: ‘sit there you, son of a pulayi’ and the idol got fixed.

The etymology of the village name is based upon the vast emptiness of the area in ancient times when foxes used to roam and cry giving the place an odd reputation.

[3] Naranath Branthan is the protagonist of an acclaimed eponymous poem by V. Madhusoodhanan Nair.