Ambikai
Let Us Celebrate Ambikai!
Published:13 Jul 2020 8 PMUpdated:13 Jul 2020
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Sakthi Vikatan
Sakthi Vikatan Team
Collection: Namasivayam |
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1. ŚrīKuṅkumavalli
Samētha ŚrīthāṉThōṉṛēsvarar Temple is on the road in the Tiruchi-Uṛaiyūr
Highway. Sthala Purāṉam says that the temple’s location is where
ŚrīThāyumāṉa Swāmy (Īsvaraṉ) gave pregnant devotee Kānthimathi Darsan
(appearance) and granted grace and protection.
2. It is a traditional belief that uneventful
delivery will be the usual experience of the pregnant and married women
if they worship at this temple. Their married life will be long and
stable. Thillai Kāḷi grants grace as Thillaik-Kāli. On every new moon
day, special Yagam and ablution for Thillai Kāḷi with 108 substances
take place.
3. Participation in this worship and
supplication to Ammaṉ will guarantee relief from troublesome enemies
4. Couples' amity between them will heighten.
Success in court cases will take place. Sibling rivalry and opposition
will end. Evil sakthis will flee. Relief from debt will take place.
These are the beliefs of the devotees. |
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5. Mēlmalaiyaṉūr
ŚrīAṅkāḷa Paramēsvari Ammaṉ Temple is about 20km from Cenghi in
Vizhuppuram division. Ammaṉ is self-created from the anthill. She sports
four hands, a bent left leg, and a hanging right leg resting on Brahma
Kapālam (skull), looks northward, and grants grace and compassion.
6. There is a humongous anthill near Ammaṉ.
Since she had the appearance of the anthill, she earned the name,’Puṛṛu
Dēvi,’ and also ‘Dhaṇdēsvari.’ In this temple, the devotees receive a
slurry of anthill mud and water. The belief is that the imbibers receive
blessings of progeny and eradication of illnesses. |
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7. The devotees say
that witnessing Ūñjal Urcchavam festival in Mēlmalaiyaṉūr Temple
contiguously on three New Moon days will get progeny, a wedding proposal
and other boons.
Puṉṉainallūr Māri Gave eyesight the king's
daughter.
8. The period was when Thulaja Rājā ruled
Thanjai. His daughter had impairment of eyesight from smallpox. The king
was deep in depression. Māri Ammai appeared in his dream as a Brahmin
girl. |
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9. ''Tuḷaja Maṉṉā! Go
to my Sannidhi in Puṉṉainallūr with your daughter and receive a Darsan
of me. Your mental agony will come to an end,'' said the Goddess. The
next morning, the king with his daughter went to the Māriammaṉ temple
Sannidhi. He worshipped her with his heart, mind, and soul. When
Gurukkaḷs were waving the lamps, a black something fell out of her eyes.
That moment, the princess yelled ecstatically, “Father, I can see now.”
10. The king jumped for joy like a youngster
and understood Ammaṉ’s grace completely. As a reflection of his
happiness, he removed the thatched roof of the Sannidhi and replaced it
with a beautiful temple. The king had one more desire. He thought, ''I
must give a new form to Ambikai, who now has the anthill appearance.”
11. As if sent by Ambikai, Satguru
ŚrīSadhāśiva Brahmēndhira Swāmigaḷ came to the temple. The Mahājñāni
knowing the mind of the king made the idol of Mahā Māriammaṉ with the
anthill earth (CE 1735). The Guru dedicated the Chakra (discus). Worship
of this Ammaṉ will prosper our lives. |
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