Menhir and Sri Angalamman temple at Kumarikalpalayam, Tiruppur District Tamil Nadu.

 12^th November 2016.

MENHIR AT KUMARIKAL PALAYAM

After Kodumanal, our next visit was to Kumarikal Palayam, about 9 KM from Kunnathur towards Pallagoundenpalayam after Karumanchirai. This was my second visit along with M/s Srinivasan, Raja, and Gowthami. ( Details of my first visit  CLICK HERE  ).

The menhir is 30 feet tall and originally it was 35 feet and 5 feet was broken, a few years before. And below the ground at least it must be a minimum of 10 to 15 feet to support this 35-foot menhir.  It is a wonder how the Iron Age people cut the rock in the form of slabs and erected them without using modern equipment.

LOCATION OF THE MENHIR: CLICK HERE

SRI ANGALAMMAN TEMPLE

This temple is on the way to the highest menhir at Kumarikal Palayam. A small temple was constructed for the village deity Sri Angalamman. The temple faces North, which is rare. In the sanctum, only two stones are installed and the people worship as Sri Angalamman also called Kotravai.

A lot of Trishuls are kept in the sanctum offered by the devotees. As per locals Amman is very powerful. The annual festival used to be celebrated during Chithirai month ( June- July ). During the annual festival goats and cocks are sacrificed to this Amman. As per the local lady, Amman used to come on a Girl, who was not married and drink the raw blood of the sacrificed goats offered to Sri Angalamman. Also, there will be a solution for everything from Sri Angalamman, like, Marriage obstacles, childbirth, etc. After fulfilling their wishes, the devotees used to offer male, female, and crawling child statues made of mud. ( சுடு மண் பொம்மைகள் ). 

 Offerings to Amman - Terracotta dolls  சுடுமண் பொம்மைகள்

 During summer water in the wells dried up, and the water used to come in these natural ponds for conducting Abhishekam to Amman is a miracle. 

....  to be continued ( Vijayamangalam)

---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---