Semapudur
village with several temples
of village Gods
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Semapudur is a small village
which is very near Keezha Iral
village which is on the Madurai
Thoothukudi road(108 km from Madurai) . The village has only about 150 houses
but has seventy different temples
dedicated to various village
Gods of Tamil Nadu. Since no
logical reason or village stories
are found for the reason of having so many village Gods
in a small village , experts believe that once upon a time it was prominent town
where large number of villagers from different villages settled along with their family Gods
.For some unknown reason , the
town started growing smaller and the villagers migrated to other places including towns. The
face that these people have not forgotten either the village or
their family Gods is proved by
the fact that during Maha Sivarathri
festival and Panguni uthram festival
most of them reach back to this
village to worship their family
Gods. These days are celebrated with great grandeur and pomp by
all the guests of the village They also come to the village
for the ear boring ceremony and first head shaving of their children . The invitation to the
family God is invariably sent to
their respective family Gods.
This village
also contains some common village God temples like that
of Ayyanar (at the entrance of the village) , Munnodi Karuppan , Maruthu Pandiar , Sudalai Madan , Pala vesa kkaran ,
Malayamman , Kaliyamman etc. The research scholars in several universities should
study this village in a more thorough manner
and find out more about the collection of village Gods.
