Singapatti Ayyanar
temple, NaLLur
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
About 500 years back , a person from Villiputhur,due to
famine had to go to some other place for
living.. In his nativevilage he had worshipped Ayyanar, Pechi and Karuppasami.
He went to that temple , took one fist of soil
from there , put it in a palm leaf
box and took it along with him,.When he was nearing NaLLi village , he saw
that the lake there was about to break up. He could see fertile crops in the field. He kept the box
of soil in a near by place and tried his best to repair the lake bank so that
its water would not come out. When he
was not able to do it, he left all his
things there, went to naLLI village and brought them to repair the bund.When he
came back the bund was already
repaired and in a good conditions. From that
persons basket Ayyanar came out and told
ll of them, “It was me who repaired the nund and saved your crop,.If you bukid
a temple for me and the gods with me here
and do daily worship, we would protect you for ever. People went and told SEvalpatti Jamindar who was looking after the village
about this. Jamindar immediately built a temple and made every body worship
those gods. Sine the lake was called
Singamadai lake this ayyanar was
named as Singamadai ayyanar.
In the sanctum sanctorum Ayyanar is there
along with his consorts , Poorna and Pushkala.Pechiyamman has a temple there .Turmeric paste is always applied to her face. So she is
called Manjanai Pechi Amman. There are also statues ofMadan, Madathi, Pathala
Kanni, Raakaachi Amman and Pathinettam Padi Karuppachami.
Three days after Shivarathri , after taking permission
from Ayyanar, Karupachami goes for hunting. This is the biggest festival in the
temple.Most of the importand Hindu
festivals are also celebrated in this temple.The temple is open from 7 Am to 5
PM. At 12 noon there is a special pooja
to Ayyanar. Devotees believe that if
some one comes to this temple, takes bath and goes round the God three times on
a Friday, all his mental worries would
get solved.Devotees also believe
if they take Turmeric from Pechiyamman temple and keep it in their home.
Auspiciousness will always be there in the house.The temple tree is Bilwa tree
From Kovilpatti
travel towards Chathur in the state
high way for 11 km. The temple is
nearby to this point.
