This
Pachaiamman temple is a replica of the Pachaiamman temple near Vazhaipandal in
Thiruvannamalai District, on the banks of the Holy River Cooum. The replica includes
the Main deity, Parivara deities, and Hero Stones.
The Presiding Deity:
Sri Pachaiamman
Some
of the salient features of this temple are….
The
temple faces east with a mandapam and Simha vahanam. Dwarapalakis are on both
sides of the entrance to the sanctum sanctorum. Sri Pachaiamman is in a sitting
posture, holds pasa ankush in the upper hands, and the lower hands are in abhaya
varada hastam. In koshtam, images of various forms of Amman.
Stucco
images of Mariamman, Saraswati, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar are also along
with utsava idols in the sanctum sanctorum.
In
praharam Veera Muthuswamy and Veeratchi Amman (May be Sati Stone), Val Muni,
Chem Muni, Kari Muni, Veda Muni, Muthu Muni, Adhi Muni, and Jada Muni,
Mannareeswarar (in Human form) and Rishabam, Vinayagar, and Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar.
Val Muni, Chem Muni, Kari Muni, Veda Muni, Muthu Muni, Adhi Muni, and Jada Muni Sannidhi
Veera Muthuswamy and Veeratchi Amman
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam, and maha
mandapam. The whole temple was constructed with bricks and cement concrete. The
sanctum sanctorum is on a upanam and pada bandha adhistanam. The vimanam is of
2 talas with vesara sigaram. Stucco images of various forms of Amman are on the
tala and greeva hoshtas.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
It
is said that the temple may be 400 to 500 years old, and the present structure
was built about 100 years ago.
The
Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted in 2015.
LEGENDS
The following legend of the Pachaiamman Temple near Munugapattu, Valappandal/ Vazhaipandal in Thiruvannamalai District is given below. Since this
Pachai Amman Temple is considered similar to that temple, part of the legend is
applicable to this temple also.
Here, the Pachai Amman is considered the
incarnation of Ma Parvati, and Shiva has a human face like Mannar Swamy. As
per the Legend, when Shiva and Parvati were at Kailash, Bhrigu Muni came to
worship Shiva. Since Shiva and Parvati are sitting together, Bhrigu Muni
takes the form of a beetle, circumambulating Shiva alone, flying through the
gap between Shiva and Parvati. On seeing this, Ma Parvati felt that she was
insulted by Bhrigu Muni without worshipping her. When she asked Shiva to give
the left side of his body to her, Shiva didn’t give a proper reply. Ma Parvati
knows that Shiva will grant her wish if she does severe penance. So, Ma Parvati
came to this earth and selected this place to do the penance. She sent her son
Vinayagar to get some water to do pooja. He went to the hill and found Muniwar
in tapas with a kamandala full of water. Vinayagar took it and made it run as the Kamandala River. Then she sent Muruga to get water. Muruga made a river to flow
through his spear /Vel, called Sei+River (Sei-Son), which has been corrupted to
the present name of Cheyyar. In the meantime, Ma Parvati had made to flow the
river Pirambaga Nadhi flow with her Pirambu. All three rivers joined together in
this place called Mukkoottu, and Shiva is called Mukkoottu Shiva. The place
has been corrupted to Munugapattu.
Ma Parvati made a Shiva Linga with sand and did
abhishekam with the Mukkoottu river water. Then she started her penance after
creating a Pandal using plantain trees (Hence this place is called Valappandal). Some
asuras tried to disturb her penance. Shiva as Vazhlmuni and Maha Vishnu as
Semmuni Guard her to complete her penance. Satisfied with Ma Parvati’s
Penance, Shiva asked her to come to Thiruvannamalai, where Shiva gave her the
left part of his body, and the form is called Ardhanareeswara.
The
legend of Pachaiamman…
After coming to the earth, Ma
Parvati didn’t get water immediately. Due to this, her body has become hot and
red in color due to anger. After getting water through his son, Vinayagar, and
Murugan. Then, Ma Parvati started her penance in calm, and her body turned green.
The
people of this region worship Pachai Amman as their Kula Deivam. Since
Shiva was made out of mud, ie, மண்,
Shiva was called Man Lingeswarar, Man Swamy, and the same has been corrupted to
Mannar Swamy. Even though this temple is popularly known as Pachai Amman
Temple, Shiva as Mannar Swamy is the prime deity of this temple. The three
specialties of this temple are that Ma Parvati did penance under a plantain
tree pandal, Shiva is in human form, and Shiva and Maha Vishnu as Guardian /
Dwarapalakas.
POOJAS
AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on Amavasya Days, Aadi month,
Fridays, etc. The annual festival will be celebrated in August. Pachai Kungumam
is offered at the Sanctum.
Devotees
used to do tonsuring their heads for the wishes fulfilled and do pooja to the
vehicles.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS
The
temple will be kept open from 06.30 hrs to 12.00 hrs and from 17.00 hrs to
21.00 hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS
Priest D Pachiappan may be contacted on the office landline +914428412840, and
mobile number +9445170338 may be contacted for further details.
HOW
TO REACH
The
Pachaiamman Temple is on Mount Road, about 700 Meters from LIC Metro
Station, 1.3 km from Chitadripet MRTS Railway Station, and 3.6 km from MGR
Central Railway Station.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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