The legend of King Midhun Murali is the most popular and fascinating of all legends behind Kochi Footprints (KFP). KFP celebrates the visit of King Midhun to Kochi every year. King Midhun is also popularly called MM or Mallu monkey.
Reign of King Midhun
The story goes that the beautiful city of Kochi was once ruled by King Midhun. The King was greatly respected by his Target Audience. It is said that Kochi witnessed its golden era in the reign of King Midhun, with a shrewd, but able minster in Rejil[:P] to play the cards. There was neither crime, nor corruption with treasurer Cadre-nath looking after the budget. No thieves, thanks to Brain dead Sid kid and grapevine queen Padma, in whose memory Elamakkara celebrates padmotsav*. It was real Utopia.
*Padmostav is celebrated every year in Kerala, (like the tourism week) as a mark of happiness from continuous chatter. This is celebrated seven days from the day queen Padma leaves Cochin, for the gossip stops and truth prevails.
Brief Sketch of King Midhun
It may be noted Midhun was the son of Murali and grandson of Mura-murali. Midhun had a son called Mirror, popular as Bhookha Darpan. King Midhun’s bravery and strength of character earned him the title of "Midhun Chakravathy".
Challenge for Gods
Looking at the growing popularity and fame of King Midhun, Gujarat teams became extremely concerned and jealous. They felt threatened about their own supremacy and began to think of a strategy to get rid of the dilemma.
To curb the growing reign of Midhun, Vinaya, sister of Sponsor Prakash seeked help of Lord UKC (The preserver in the SIMC trinity along with Lord AS) whom Midhun worshiped.
It was said Midhun was very generous and charitable. He never asked for reimbursement of the money he lent, nor the phone calls he made for Kochi footprints. To test the King, Lord UKC disguised himself as a dwarf and a poor Brahmin called Ananya. He came to the Kingdom of Midhun, just after Midhun performed his morning prayers and was preparing to grant boons to the sponsors and speakers.
Lord UKC takes Anaya Avatar
Disguised as Ananya, Lord UKC said that he was a poor Brahmin and wanted as much land as could be covered by his three footprints. Midhun though surprised, agreed.
A inclusive & exclusive media adviser to the King, Nitin-acharya / Coconut-acharya, who till then was in Padmasana sensed that Ananya, with the pot belly and popy kuda (POPY UMBRELLA) was not an ordinary person and warned the King against making the promise. But, the generous King replied that it would be a sin for a King to back off on his words and asked the Brahmin to take the land. The King could not imagine that the Brahmin was Lord UKC himself.
Just as King Midhun agreed to three footprints of land, Ananya began to expand and eventually grew to cosmic proportions. With his first footprint, Ananya covered the whole of venue-Kochi and with the other footprint the 20 other venues. He then asked King Midhun Murali where to keep his third foot.
Midhun realised that Ananya was no ordinary Brahmin and not providing his third footprint means minus marks in MBA. Midhun with folded hands bowed before Ananya and asked him to place his last step on his head so that he could keep the promise of a 1.5 lakh Budget. Ananya placed his foot on the head of Midhun Murali, which pushed him to the corp. comm. Dept of Paataal communications private limited, Pune. There Lord UKC appeared in person. The Lord told Midhun that he cleared the class-test. King Midhun was pleased. Lord UKC also granted a boon to the King to visit Kochi footprints for free every year. (Rs 30/- saved)
King Midhun as the legendary character of SIMC
Lord UKC also blessed Midhun that though all his self study tests are null hypothesis as far as marks are concerned, Midhun would always be loved by Ananya and Team SIMC.
“The Footprints analogous to IPL is an interesting concept where people from different nations unite and play together under their respective city banner, truly symbolizing the confluence of various cultures and creating an electric atmosphere where their skills are tested at a different level of competition. The game is the ultimate winner especially as it is fast paced, unpredictable. More importantly you get to see the great masters of various nations play as a single team, which in itself is a treat to watch”
