The sage had to come to south to balance the earth as Mount Kailash went down due to the heavy weight of a huge gathering of Sages when the wedding of Shiva-Parvathi took place there. There is a separate shrine for Sage Agasthya. It is said those worshipping Mother Devi Karumariamman should worship in this shrine too. Here, He blesses the devotees with the right hand and keeps the left assuring them – Abhaya hastha. We have seen Lord Vinayaka in temple with His tusk in the right hand and Modhaga-the sweet pudding ball- in the left. Ash of cow dung is offered as Prasad in the temple. Here, festivals begin by hoisting the flag. Festivals begin in Ambica temples with Kappu Kattu (announcing the beginning of festival) ceremony. The flag post-kodimaram is in front of Ambica shrine. There is tank outside the temple known as ‘sacred ash tank’. It is believed that worshipping Ambica and this lamp would keep their families wealthy. There are also peacock, serpent, and lion vehicles of the Gods. There is a deepa (lamp) in Ambica shrine, called Pathi Vilakku, surrounded by Lord Vinayaka, Lord Muruga and Sun and Moon opposite to each other. Kumkum archana is performed to Ambica in the evening between 4.30 p.m. Gopuja (Puja to cow) is performed daily in the morning. There is also an Ambica idol behind the presiding deity as Mahakali with fire, sword, skull, trident and a drum called Damarukam. Mother Karumari Amman is a swayambu in the sanctum sanctorum under the golden vimana – tower above the sanctum- in a graceful form with all Parasakthi features. Majority of the devotees believe that prayer to Ambica would set aside obstacles in wedding efforts in the family.ĭevotees carry fire pots, roll around the prakara (angapradakshina) and perform abishek with milk. There are also shrines of Lord Dakshinamurthy, Angala Parameswari, Uchishta Ganapathi, Gayatri, Mahalakshmi, Rajarajeswari, Savithri, and Mother Durga. On Vaikasi Visakam festival in May-June, Lord Srinivasa graces darshan on Garuda with Mother Padmavathi. There are shrines for Navagrahas the nine planets, Lord Muruga with His consorts Valli and Deivanai, Srinivasa-Padmavathi and Sri Anjaneya. On the new moon day, a yaga is performed with red chillies. Mother Ambica looks young on Her Lion vehicle. In front of the temple, Lord Vinayaka graces sitting under the Peepal tree called Arasamaram in Tamil. Procession Ambica graces from the corridor-prakara sitting on a moving plank called Unjal. Sri Devi Karumariamman Temple, Tiruverkadu, Tiruvallur Dist. With this prayer in mind, people use to worship Her with a lock near the hundi. Devotees believe that this Ambica would ensure all security to their houses and families. Devotees call Her wooden idol Amman – Marachilai Amman. There is a shrine for Karumariamman with an idol made of wood. Other festivals include Thai Brahmmotsavam in January-February, Chitra Poornima in April-May, Vaikasi Visakam in May-June, big festivals in Aadi (July-August) Navarathri in September-October, Skanda Sashti in October-November and Panguni Uthiram in March-April. On Masi Magam day in February-March, Amman is taken to Bay of Bengal for sea bath. On the 9th Sunday, Mother Devi Karumariamman is taken in procession in a palanquin decorated with flowers. On Sundays, abishek is performed with 108 pots of milk followed by procession. In this temple, the festival that begins in the month of Aadi (July-August) continues for 12 weeks ending with Purattasi month-September-October. Rarely in some Shakti temples, festivals run upto 48 days also. Maximum duration of festivals goes up to 15 days. Aadi Festival in July-August is very famous. Aipasi Annabishek is performed to Mother Devi Karumariamman in October-November.
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