Musiri Kannimar Kamakshi temple
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
On the southern side
of Musiri village of Trichinopoly district of Tamil Nadu flows the Cauvery river. Once that river
which never dries , dried. Villagers who were digging the river were surprised when their spade hit a
statue of nine maiden’s made of
one stone. The very religious villagers were taken aback and
made a thatched hut in a nearby forest
of Vanni and neem trees.Because the prayers
of devotees were answered quickly , that
temple became popular.
At that time
who wanted to erect a Kamakshi
temple in Trichy were bringing the statue of Kamakshi from
Madras.When they reached Musiri village , they kept the statue of Goddess Kamakshi in the temple of the nine
maidens ans went to take bath in river Cauvery,.But after bath when they came
back , they were not able life the statue of The Goddess Kamakshi and so they consecrated that statue there itself and went back. Thus Goddess
Kamakshi was added to the temple along
with the nine maidens..Slowly the loal people were able to expand the temple
and build a temple with stones. Due to Kamakshi and the nine maidens being
consecrated there, people started calling it “Maidens Kamakshi Temple.”.The
devotees also consecrated a Ganapath, Kathava Rayan, Madhurai Veeran, Masi
Periyannasami , Bommi and Vellayammal in the same temple on the southern side of the
main temple. People say that the nine maidens statue found here
was the original statue that
they found in the river . In the
entrance to the Ardha Mantapa Kamakshi
Amman is consecrated. Mud statues of
the nine maidens decorates the entrance
of the Amman temple. In the main sanctum sanctorum, the new statue of the Seven
maidens is consecrated.
This temple is 30 km from Trichy town. The temple
is open from 6 Am to 1 Pm and 4 Pm to 8
Pm.
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