Gowmariamman Temple Story
Legend has it that a Chettiappar was once in the region
selling his turmeric. He saw seven beautiful ladies and wanted to sell his
turmeric to them. But the women were not interested. Later Gaumari in the
disguise of a woman came there and asked for turmeric equal to the weight of a
flower petal from her hair. But even after putting the whole of turmeric in his
hands it could not measure equal to the flower petal.
Chettiappar soon realized that the women in front of him
were no human beings. He then fell on the feet of Gowmariamman who gave him
darshan. He then built temple dedicated to Sapta Matrikas at the spot.
The temple has subsidiary shrines dedicated to Madurai
Veeran, Chettiappar, Dwarapalakas, Karuppannan and Ayyanar. There are
also huge figures of elephants and horses in the shrine.
People pray in the temple for peace and prosperity in the
family. Devotees also make special offering for getting a helping hand in
repaying loans.
6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM