The story of Parashurama Srishti

The beautiful Tulunadu which we see today was not the part of land long long back. It was the part of the ocean. It was Parashurama, who is said to be the sixth Avatara of Lord Vishnu according to Hindu mythology who made it a part of the land. Parashurama was a Brahmin and was the son of sage Jamadagni and his wife Renuka. Once, Jamadagni ordered Parashurama to chop the head of his mother because he was angry on her. Parashurama being the follower of father's words, chopped his mother's head with his axe. Later when his father agreed to give him blessings, he asked Jmadagni to revive his mother. Jamadagni agreed and his wife came alive by his blessings. This is the early story of Parashurama.

Parashurama hated all the Kshatriyas; so, he destroyed them all. And donated the gained land to sage Kashyapa. After donating all the land, he thought, staying in the donated land is not right. So, he went on to Sahyadri to start a meditation on Lord Shiva. Shiva appeared before him and said, he would incarnate in Kadri which was then called Kadalivana and asked Parashurama to meditate there. When Parashurama came to Kadalivana, it was occupied by the ocean. So, Parashurama went to the Ocean King and asked him to take back the ocean from that part of the land. When the ocean king refused to do so, Parashurama threw his axe to an extent in anger. By the fear of Parashurama's anger, the ocean king took back the ocean from that much place where the axe had fallen. This was how the Tulunadu was formed and so, it was called The Parashurama Srishti or Parashurama Kshetra.



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  1. Jayaghosh28 October 2019 at 22:39

    Tulu people worship Bali as their king and perform pooja during Deepavali.
    Vamana, who provided moksha to King Bali is 5th avatara of MahaVishnu. It shows that Tulunad existed before or during Vanmana period. Then how it can be called as Parashuram srushti.
    Please clarify my doubt, if anything is wrong plese enlighten me.

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    1. Unknown25 November 2019 at 07:45

      There are only 2 answers.

      1. Tulu people were living during Balindras time but in different land in Bali s kingdom.

      And later migrated after parashurama manifested this Divine land.

      Or

      2. Stories from other saints or yelder people would make them worship for Bali

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  2. Unknown12 April 2020 at 17:40

    There is a belief that parashuram had cursed the Brahmins of tulunad (ara
    hotte thundu batte -means half meals with little cloth) because of their repeated requests for help.If this so please share more information please

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    1. Don Sebamalai2 October 2020 at 16:57

      Why you guys still today see the history thru folk stories based on superstition. Weren't there any historical records other than folk stories' accounts that tells as to how Tulu Nadu came to be. There was no axe, ocean king or Parashuram himself.
      In order for tuluvas to be recognized education is the number one necessity not your folk beliefs or Parashuram.

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    2. Rock Bottom6 December 2020 at 15:50

      Why is it called mythology? Parashurama existed or not? Somebody please let me know. If he existed, it is history and not mythology. But blog writer says it's mythology.

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    3. Rock Bottom8 December 2020 at 00:54

      If you have a PhD in the subject, then further discussions are possible as anything you say will have credibility.

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