Keerangudi kudavarasi Amman
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Keerangudi is a small Village/hamlet in
Kollidam Taluk in Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It comes
under Sathiyakudi Panchayath. It is located 72 KM towards North from District
head quarters Nagapattinam. 235 KM from State capital Chennai .ON the way from this village KOnnangattu
padugai is the Kudavarasi temple . Her devotees believe that Kudavarasi Amman is Renuka Devi , wife of saint Jamadagni and
mother of God Parasurama . When Renuka
devi was slain by her son under the
orders of her father and later given back her life, Renuka it
seems sat on the banks of Kollidam rived
and did great penance addressing Goddess
Durga,The Goddess appeared before her
and asked her to stay there itself
proving the greatness of virtous woman.
REnuka devi stayed there for several
eons as Kudavarasi. Amman. Slowly her
temple got destroyed and covered with mud. Over her idol it seems there was an
ant hill. They were not knowing
that a cow l was letting out all her milk on the ant hill. When they
returned their master got very angry
and beat them black and blue. Next day the master was surprised to see that all the vessels in his house was full of
milk,. The master went to the boys and
begged for their pardon. Then one
of those looking at them, got the
goddess in him and told, “I am goddess
Kudavarasi who has come here.Your cow gave milk only to me and quenched my
thirst. Go to the ant hill and see.” They
found the idol of Kudavarasi at the ant hill and consecrated that idol there it self and started worshipping her. Since flods in the river
was common , they later shifted the temple
nearer to the village. Many people tried to build a temple for her but
failed. But later one Ramrutha Sivacharyar who collected money for that travelling to several villages succeeded in erecting a small temple.The
full moon day (Pournami) of Masi and
Chithrai month is celebrated with great fan fare in this temple..In the month of asi Goddess
Kudavarasi would go round all nearby villages and each village would worship her in a grand manner. In
each village the Goddess would visit
each individual home and they would
offer her a part of the harvested produce from their fields. They believe that by doing so wealth will flow in to their
homes.
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