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Pathirakali amman image
Pathirakali amman image




pathirakali amman image

They built a temple with the Dravidian Architecture and the Kumbabishegam was held. They planned to establish a temple around there. Andso in Nadars of Thirumangalam have also decided to build a temple at the heart of the city and they started working for the basement.Īnd there, they founded a Goddess statue along with the some gods of Hindu mythology. And after the following years Nadar people in every region decided to build a temple and a grocery shops for themselves.

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Due to their association with toddy, the Nadars were considered lower than other middle castes, but relatively higher than the low castes, and were also prohibited to enter temples built by higher ranked castes. While the majority of the Nadar population of the region were poor, landless laborers. Although numerically dominant in the area, the Nadars had a minimal interaction with other communities and they were themselves divided by their various endogamous subcastes, and thus lacked communal cohesion. However, there were a few subsects comprising wealthy landlords and money lenders. In the early 18th century, the Nadars were a community mostly engaged in the palmyra industry, including the production of toddy. Along with the Temple, they also organized an Educatinal Trust named PKN Vidhyasala with 9 Educational Institutions has provided education to thousands of people around the district since 1908. The temple was built in 1852 onward by the Thirumangalam Pandiyakula Kshatriya Nadar Uravinmurai. The main shrine would be Shri Mariamman and the Utsava Deity were Shri Pathirakaliamman and Shri Mariamman.

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The temple is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south from Madurai in India. In other way, it is said that when lord Murugan married Theivanai in Thiruparankundram (nearest to Tirumangalam), the "Tirumangalyam" was made here and hence the name came The Thirumangalam city is known that the mangalyam for goddess Meenakshi of Madurai was designed and done here, so the name Tiru+Mangal(y)am came. Shri Pathirakali Mariamman Temple ( Tamil: ஸ்ரீ பத்திரகாளி மாரியம்மன் திருக்கோவில்) is one of the oldest temples in Madurai district.






Pathirakali amman image