Sri Selliamman Temple / Sri Chelliamman Temple, a Village Deity, Near Vellore Bus stand, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu.

18^th November 2018.

This Sri Selliamman temple is a part of the new Bus stand of Vellore on the banks of the river Palar. This Sri Selliamman is part of the Saptamatrikas, and here Chamundi is worshiped as Sri Selliamman. On both sides, Veerabhadra and Vinayagar. Usually, Sri Selliamman is a Village  or water body guarding deity, and she will have a ferocious look. Selliamman in the temple is in a sitting sukhasana posture with Jawala mudi, holding damru, soolam, pasam, and Kapalam in the 4 hands.

The temple faces East with a sanctum and a mukha mandapam. The temple is about 8 feet below the road level. Muniswaran, Vinayagar, and Nagar are on the back side of the Amman sanctum. Under a neem tree, baked terracotta statues of elephants with a man sitting on them were offered by the devotees.  A bell tower with the old bell is on the left side entrance. The sthala vrukshas are the Bamboo, Athi, and Neem trees. It was said that the original temple was very old, 1000 years old, but no evidence was found in the temple. The temple was renovated in 1983 by TKB Sundaram, a bus owner,  as per the instructions of Amman, who told him this in his dream.

LEGENDS

As per the legend, the temple was built by the two brothers, namely Bommi & Thimmi, who fled to Vellore from Karnataka, fearing the killing of their cousins. The king allotted land for the temple and their stay. These two brothers chased out the dacoits from the village with the grace of Sri Selliamman. Seeing this, the villagers also started worshiping Sri Selliamman as their kula Deivam. 

A large number of devotees turn out on Fridays, and the Silver Chariot will be pulled around the sanctum. Devotees also tie swings on the bamboo tree to get a child. It was told that Special poojas will be conducted to this Amman before any celebration at Sri Jalakandeswarar Temple in the fort. Devotees believe that Sri Selliamman will give solutions for all their problems and will never return empty-handed.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

The following numbers,  +91 4162246969, +91 9442379290, and +91 8015333328, may be contacted for further details.

HOW TO REACH:

The  temple is on one side of the new bus terminus.

Town buses are available from the Old Bus Stand.

The nearest Railway Station is Katpadi, about 5 km.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Sthala Vrukshas, Bamboo, Athi, and Neem.

 Terracotta / suduman images offered by the devotees

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