- Special Features
Foundation Year500-1000 years oldSthala TreeKaruvela treeTheerthamVelayudha theerthamRathamArchitectureOther SpecialityThere is a shrine for Karumariamman with an idol made of wood. Devotees call Her wooden idol Amman – Marachilai Amman. Devotees believe that this Ambica would ensure all security to their houses and families. With this prayer in mind, people use to worship Her with a lock near the hundi.
- Sthala Puran
There was an ant-hill in this place long ago. People were worshipping this as Mother Ambica. Mother appeared in the dream of a devotee and asked him to build a temple for Her in that spot. When people demolished the ant-hill, they found Ambica as a swayambu and built the temple here. As She was not in the womb of a Mother, she is praised as one not from the womb (Karuvil Illadha Karumari).
- Architecture
Procession Ambica graces from the corridor-prakara sitting on a moving plank called Unjal. In front of the temple, Lord Vinayaka graces sitting under the Peepal tree called Arasamaram in Tamil. Mother Ambica looks young on Her Lion vehicle. On the new moon day, a yaga is performed with red chillies. There are shrines for Navagrahas the nine planets, Lord Muruga with His consorts Valli and Deivanai, Srinivasa-Padmavathi and Sri Anjaneya. On Vaikasi Visakam festival in May-June, Lord Srinivasa graces darshan on Garuda with Mother Padmavathi. There are also shrines of Lord Dakshinamurthy, Angala Parameswari, Uchishta Ganapathi, Gayatri, Mahalakshmi, Rajarajeswari, Savithri, and Mother Durga.
- Alankar of Deity
- Prayers and BenefitsSpecial Vratas and Prayers
Majority of the devotees believe that prayer to Ambica would set aside obstacles in wedding efforts in the family.
Offerings to DeityDevotees carry fire pots, roll around the prakara (angapradakshina) and perform abishek with milk.
Stotras and Mantras
- FestivalsAipasi Annabishek is performed to Mother Devi Karumariamman in October-November. Aadi Festival in July-August is very famous. The maximum duration of festivals goes up to 15 days. Rarely in some Shakti temples, festivals run up to 48 days also. In this temple, the festival that begins in the month of Aadi (July-August) continues for 12 weeks ending with Purattasi month-September-October. On Sundays, Abhishek is performed with 108 pots of milk followed by a procession. On the 9th Sunday, Mother Devi Karumariamman is taken in procession in a palanquin decorated with flowers. On Masi Magam day in February-March, Amman is taken to the Bay of Bengal for a sea bath. Other festivals include Thai Brahmmotsavam in January-February, Chitra Poornima in April-May, Vaikasi Visakam in May-June, big festivals in Aadi (July-August) Navarathri in September-October, Skanda Sashti in October-November and Panguni Uthiram in March-April.
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