Muppanthal Esakki Amman

Travellers pray for safe journey. Powerful goddess

Small Temple but so cute and power ful

The road just connects to the entrance of the temple and once you stop by there, you tend to feel that you have a safe driving and journey..

Entrance of Kanyakumari district.

Darsan is pleasant and calm

This temple is also called as Muppandal avvayaramman    temple .Muppandal is a  small village   which is 25 km  North of  Naagarkoil town of Kanyakumari    district of Tamil Nadu.People believe that the Goddess  was originally called “Iyakki” meaning she makes  things work  and this over time became Esakki,. The temple  has a  statue of the great  ancient poetess of  Tamil Nadu and hence it is called also as avvayara amman temple . There are  two stories about this temple, one about its  recent origin and another   about   its ancient origin. Another interesting  fact about  the temple is that the Goddess  remains under a  cactus  plant here.
This temple  is  in a valley whose three  sides are covered  by mountains of the western ghats  ands one side is a plane.Possibly this lead  thre place to be named  as Muppandal( Three  temporary  sheds)
In the temple  a  protective sacred thread is tied   so that evil spirits and black magic  does not give any trouble to the devotees  of the temple. They offer White Pongal  and Payasam to the Goddess   and  distribute it to people as Prasada.There is a huge crowds of devotees  at the temple on full moon days. People believe that  if they worship  on that day, the unmarried girls  would get  married soon. After the worship on those  days, the priests tie an yellow thread on the hands of the girls..It is also a practice of the farmers to offer  a part of their  harvested to the temple. The Goddess is also   offered a sweet made of jiggery and Gingelly  ,All the vehicles passing in front of the temple stop their for a minute and drivers  pray for their  safety.The last Tuesday of the Adi month is celebrated in a grand way in the temple.On the second Tuesday, the Amman is anointed with turmeric water..There is also a ritual of  walking on fire by the males who do penance for 41 days at the temple on that day, . There is another prayer when the devotees  offer scented flowers   and cover up the Amman statue. But all festivals and worship start only at the Adhi Moola Sthanam
The temple is open daily from 6.30 Am  till 8 PM. Tuesdays , Fridays and  Sundays  are considered as special days to worship the Goddess.

Must Visit.Such a great place.God bless all.

It is very divine place and the natural scenarios around this place was very cool