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For the mentally ill and their relatives, Poonkudil Mana, near Manjeri is a sanctum rather than an asylum. This Mana has provided traditional psychiatry through the centuries to those who have lost sight of reality. Now the whole family is practicing what they received as a boon
The Mana provides separate lodging facilities for men and women. It has about 30 inmates. A large number come as outpatients everyday. They are not business-minded in their vocation. The whole success of our medication depends on the benediction of our family deity, Bhagavathi?, asserts P.N.Namboodiri, who was invited to participate in an international conference on mental health held at Bangalore in 1997
The family deity exists only in their mental conception. The Mana has no icon of its family deity. They do not depend on text books to study the method of treatment. The knowledge is transmitted orally from generation to generation |
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| The mode of treatment followed at poonkudil mana based on traditional Indian Psychology, which lies scattered in the Upanishads and the Vedas. |
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| Poonkudilmana has its own Cultural tradition of several centuries as it is the one of the influential Brahimn families of the region |
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Poonkudil manna historical Importance |
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Poonkudilmana is reputed as a shelter for those who suffer mental agonies and anxieties. This mana is located at six kms from manjeri to perinthalmanna a place known as vallikkapatta in Malappuram district.
According to a popular tradition the history of poonkudilmana starts from the era of Vikramadithya. Vararuji was a scholar in the Vikramadithyas court. Naranath Branthan was the younger son of Vararuji...// More // |
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