Dharmadevi Temple / Durgai Temple, Emappur, Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Dharmadevi (The Yakshi or the guarding deity/goddess of the 22^nd Tirthankara of Neminathar of Jainism) temple at Emapur, near Thiruvennainallur in Viluppuram District, was a part of the 105^th Ahimsa walk organized by the Tamil Samanars, on 06^th April 2025. This Dharmadevi is worshipped as Durga by the local people without knowing, the idol belongs to Jainism. The temple faces east, and the stucco image of Durga sitting on a Lion is on the top of the mandapam.

Dharmadevi is the Yakshi or the guarding deity/goddess of the 22^nd Tirthankara of Neminathar of Jainism. She is also called Kushmandi, Ambika, etc.

The sculpture of Dharmadevi is in the form of a bas-relief on a flat stone. She is in a sitting posture with her right leg folded and her left leg on the Simha vahana (believed to be her husband). Samaratharis are shown on both sides. Her two children and the servant maid are shown on both sides. A tree with fruits (vada vruksha) is shown just behind her head. She wears ornaments around her neck and a padra kundala in the elongated earlobes. She is shown with two hands, holding a neelothpala flower bud in the right hand and the left hand on the thigh.

CONTACT DETAILS

The priest Ramu may be contacted on his mobile numbers +918940048933 and +918940034788 for further details.

HOW TO REACH

This temple is about 3 km from Thiruvennainallur, 11 km from Arasur on Chennai to Trichy Highway, and 20 km from Villupuram railway Station.

The nearest Railway Station is Villupuram.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

A replica of Dharmadevi

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