Hosur Kottai
Mariamman
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Hosur is a town
situated in Tamil Nadu near the Karnataka border.. In the twelfth century this
town was ruled by by a king called
Tirubhavana malla Poorvadhi Raja Shiva
Pada Sekara Perumal. He built a mudfort
in the present Ram Nagar area of
Hosur. Even before that the tribals of
that are were worshipping one ant hill as their Goddess,.At that time a
Bosala dynasty called Ramanatha conquered Hosur.
At this time the king wanted to
build a temple for his worship inside the fort. The family of that king were
suffering from several diseases. The
tribals brought to his notice their anthill temple . By worshipping that Goddess all the illness
in his family vanished. The king made
that anthill as his family’s goddess and
built a temple for her. He called her as “Kottai Mariamman” (Fort Mariamman)
he also repaired the Rama and shiva temples near the temple . After several years
of his death Hosur was conquered
by Tippu Sulthan..He abducted and
employed a British engineer called
Hamilton to build a fort for him in the place where the mud fort was there.. He built a
rock fort in that place. Hosur was
conquered by the British from Tipu Sultan. The collector of Hosur Mr.Pratt
took up his residence inside this
fort and without the knowledge of
British Government he built a fabulous
house inside the fort in the model of Kenilworth castle. Mr Pratt was dismissed
and Mr Walter Eliot who was appointed as
the collector took up his residence in that house along with his wife. Both of
them found the worship to the Kottai
Mariamman temple very noisy and Mrs Eliot
berated the devotees. Soon she was affected by small pox,. MrEliot
consulted the locals who advised him to worship the Mariamman inside
the fort. She was immediately cured and Eliots became devotees of the temple. They also presented two big
pillars inscribed with an elephant to the temple. Outside the
Mariamman temple there is a grove of
Peepul trees and neem trees. The Statues
of Ganesa and serpents have been consecrated there. People also believe
that an invisible river flows below
the Mariamman temple. Devotees believe that by worshipping the Goddess they would get quickly married. They also believe that barren women
would get children by worshipping the Goddess. There is big three day festival
in the temple in the month of Chithirai.. All tuedays and Fridays of Adi
month and eighteenth day of Adi are festival days in the temple. People say
that There are eight security goddesses
around this temple to protect Kottai Mariamman. The temple is about a km
from the city Bus stand of Hosur. And it would be open between 5 Am to 11
Am and between 6 Pm to 8 Pm.
Kottai Mariamman God is very powerful in Tamil Nadu . MY Daughter M.Naveena suffered Chicken Pox during 27th Of Jan 16 and cured immediate after i took theertham from temple . Unless Kottai Mariamman blessing my daughter not able to cure imm with out any pain . Thank you .M.Mariappan , Hosur , Tamil nadu
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