Cheruppalur
Mutharamman temple
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Cheruppalur is a
small village in Kanyakumari district.
It seems once upon a time this place was filled with Madhuca (Iluppai tree) trees.Once THumburan Sami and Bhodathan Sami (two village Gods) were
walking by that road To Cheru[[alur and took rest below the Iluppai trees. At the time there was a great
epidemic in Cheruppalur and people were
dying like flies, They all went to a Mutharamman temple in a place
called Yeethan Kadu and prayer her as well as the God(devan) there to save them., The goddess Mutharama
and Devan agreed and while they were coming to
to Cheruppalur , they happened to
see THamburan Sami and
Bhodathan sami , and they decided to
stay there itself and then they
protected the people from the great
epidemic.The grateful people built a
temple for Mutharamman as well as
Devan..When the regular worship was
being done there , the priest noticed the growth of an anthill there..Scared
that it may spoil the statue of the
Goddess , he broke that anthill..Next
day another ant hill grew up and he
felt something is there behind it and
summoned the astrologer, who told them that They have to install a
Ganesa statue at the place where
the anthill appeared.
Another time ,
there was an epidemic of Smallpox in
that village,. All villager appealed to Mutharamman. On the 8th day small pox
disappeared from the village and on the same day , a well in the temple crashed and closed itself. When astrologers were called that the small pox affecting the village was put
in the well and it has disappeared for
ever . It was also seen that they could dig another well.
In the sanctum
sanctorum of the temple are Mutharamman
and the devan and outside separate small temples have been built
for Ganesa, THampuran Swami , Bhothathan
, Cholla Madan and Nagaraja. In the Panguni (March-April) month every year there is a five day festival in
the temple. On the fifth day, Mutharamman and DEvan come out of the temple and
go round the village If the Amman is
worshipped for seven weeks , umnmarried
people would get married and also childless couple would get
children.People also believe that all
diseases get cured by praying to Amman. The temple is open from 6 Am-9 AM in
the morning and 5 PM to 8 PM in the evening.The temple is ion the road connecting Marthandam and
Pechiparai , about 9 km away from
Marthandam of Kanyakumari district.
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