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Sunday 27 May 2012

Temple history


Sree Maha Muthu Mariamman Umayambigai udanurai Swarnalingeswarar thiru koil has a very long history,
this temple was in existence from the English period.
the temple was situated in a estate with maha muthu marriamman as the chief deity and the temple was so small.
When the English left Malaya, the temple and the the surrounding property of 14 acres of land was gifted to one Mr. Velu and two other friends.
After the demise of of Mr. Velu and and his friends , Mr. V. Gunasegaran was appointed as the successor of the entire property including the temple.


Mr. V. Gunasegaran developed the temple stage by stage and changed the style of rituals from poojari style to agama style by employing gurukkal Sakthivelu, performed Kumbhabhishekam.....


He also took the initiative of building a sivalayam  Umayambal udan urai Swarna Lingeswarar  with  shrines of  Dakisnamoorthy , Kala Bairavar , Chandran Sooryan and Nava Grahangal with 98% of his own funds and 2 % collected from pious devotees. and  the cost was around Rm 700,000/- in 2010.


Now Pradosham pooja is very famous and done very elaborately. More number of Devotees attend and participate in this pooja. see Pradosha link for details.


Kala bairavar pooja and Homam is done on all Krishna paksham and Shukala paksham Ashtami (Valar pirai and Thei Pirai).See Kala Bairavar link for Details.


Chaturdi Pooja is done for lord Ganesha.


Thiru kalyanam for Umaybigal udan urai Swarna Lingeaswarar during Maha Siva rathri festival.

Deepa thiruvizha will be celebrated during thiru karthigai.

 Apart from all major pooja s, devotees can consult their astrology with gurrukkal Sakthivelu.

Written by
Ramakrishnan Iyer.