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Kulasekara Pattinam Mutharammam Temple

This temple was constructed three hundred years ago by a certain community. But people worshipped Annai Mutharamman here during the time of King Kulasekarapandian. According to the temple lore, Annai appeared before the King, after that this place flourished to became a big city, and came to be known by his name as Kulasekarapattinam.



Holy Door

Presiding God :

Sri Gnana Moorthiswarar.

Presiding Goddess :

Annai Mutharamman.

God And Godness

Since sacred rivers mix in sea, sea water is known as Maha theertham. The sacred river Ganges flows into Bay of Bengal, which is near to this temple. So the sea around Bay of Bengal is considered to be the Holy water point of this temple. It is known as Gangai Kadal. It is believed that taking holy bath here is similar to taking holy bath in river Ganges. '

Gangai Kadal

This shrine is unique in that it has got all the three essential features Thalam (location), Murthy (Idol), and springs (theertham). According to temple lore the God and Goddess of this temple appeared as Suyambu.

Outer View

Inner View

Vinayagar Temple in the Temple.

Bus Services:

Tamilnadu State Transport Corporation operates Mofussil bus services from all major cities to Thiruchendur.
Bus service from Thiruchendur : Route No 7. Thiruchendur to Maignanapuram.
Route No 570, 572, 573 and 575 (Nagercoil)
Private bus service is also available.

Train Services:

Nearest railway station - Thiruchendur ( 12 Kms).

Air Services:

Nearest airport - Madurai.

To Know More : http://www.mutharammantemple.org/index.htm

Uvari Sri Suyambu Linga Swamy Temple.

A view of Uvari Sea

Ovari is a beautiful landscape by the shore of the Bay of Bengal in Tirunelveli district, Tamilndu. It is a place known for spirituality and nature. The land has its own significance. The place is decorated with the ornaments of nature like tall palm trees, the jasmine spreading pleasant odour, the joyous sea always making merry, the cows grazing with their young ones and Ipomea Biloba spreading at the sea shore like green carpet. All these pastures add charm to the divine place, ovari. Lord Shiva, the presiding deity of the place showers his grace and blessings on the devotees.

Ovari is located between Koodankulam and Tiruchendur. Ovari is the only place in Tamilnadu that has a shiva temple beside the sea. Besides Sri Suyambu Linga (Lord Shiva) Brahma Shakthi Amman also showers her blessings presiding in a temple by the left side of Lord Shiva’s shrine.

The village Ovari is divided into two parts, East Ovari and West Ovari. The main Occupation of this village is farming, rearing cattles and fishing. Ovari is a mixture of many communities.

    The greatness is that they all live together maintaining communal amity. The majority people of East Ovari were Yadahava Community. The Yadhava people depended on cattle rearing for their livelihood. The men of the community look after the cattle and the women of the community prepare curd, buttermilk and ghee at their homes and take these along with the milk of the cows on their head to sell in West Ovari. The East and the west Ovari were once connected by a narrow path. The ladies of East Ovari had to walk through it to reach west Ovari. The rest of the place was covered with ‘Kadamba Kodi’ (Ipomea Biloba)


Oter View Of  Temple

Holy Pond Of Temple

    Women walking in rows with mud pods filled with milk and other diary products one on the other on their heads is a feast to the human eyes. Usually ladies go to sell their products in the early morning. One day in the distant past, when they were all walking so, one woman happened to stumble accidentally, that she fell down off the path on the creepers (Ipomea Biloba)The poor woman was afraid that her husband might become angry and behave brutally for not bringing home money. The fellow women consoled her and send her home. The poor woman was walking home in panic without money and without pots. The husband of the women didn’t take that happening seriously as expected by the women.

As usual, nextday the woman went out with her pots for business. Astonishingly, she fell down on the creepers exactly where she had fallen the previous day. Once again the milk in the pot splashed over the creepers. In dread, the woman returned home. This time her husband lost his temper and fists her down. The stumbling and breaking of the pots became the regular one for the woman. In confusion the woman narrated the mystery to her husband. Accompanied by her husband, the woman came to the spot and pointed out the creeper (Ipomea Biloba). The husband with a dagger cut off the Ipomea Biloba. To his surprise blood ozzed out from the root of the Ipomea Biloba, he couldn’t understand from where the blood was flowing.The puzzled man informed the matter to the president of the village.The president of the village and the people rushed to the spot.The Ipomea Biloba was bleeding profusely.The president of the village ordered to dig the root out.The yadhava started to dig deep and he could not find the end of the root.He fell down tierd. At the very moment the village president fell into a transcendental state and spoke out as if he was lord shiva.He told them he was lord shiva in the form of ‘Linga’ who had come to bless the people.He also told them they could stop the bleeding if they applied the ground paste of the sandal wood tree near by.

The yadhava was confuced because it was imposible to find sandal tree in the sea shore. Lord through the president asked him to go to a particular place where he could find the sandal tree. The yadhava and the people hurried to the spot and to their wonder, they saw the sandal tree and admired the the power of Sri Suyambulinga. They cut the sandal tree and ground it into paste and applied it on the wound. The blood which was profusely oozing out immediately clotted. This is the reason that the priests of Sri Suyambulinga temple offer the devotees sandal powder mixed with water to apply on the fore head and all over their body. As the ‘sivalinga’ rose up naturally from the ground in the sae shore of ovari; it is called as Suyambilinga. The idol of Suyambulinga in Ovari is not man-made one.

The Yadhava fell on the feet of Sri Suyambulinga and pleaded to forgive him. The president of the village became the trustee of the temple. A temporary shelter was erected for the Lord Shiva and pooja was offerd thrice a day. The roof of the temple was made of coconut leaves. One day a heavy storm hit the village accompained by heavy down pour. The roofs of the houses in the village were all levelled. Coconut trees, banana trees and plantations were all rooted out. But to the surprise of the people, no single leaf in the roof of the temple was slit open. The idol remained the same as decorated the previous day.

The people admired the power o f Sri Suyambulinga. The people immediately took a firm decision to build a big temple for the Lord and it was constructed by the people of Kanyakumari district and Tirunelveli district under the help and guidance of the trustree. They also constructed ‘Maths‘for the devotees to stay and workship the Lord.