Ariyalur Kottai Muniappan Koil
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Ariyalur is a small
town near the city of Trichy. Like all other places, this was also once up on a time a village . The
village temple of Muniyayappan was
called Kottai Muniappan , though there was no fort there, because those
villagers believed that this Muniappan would protect them like fort.
This temple is
situated in the open ground below a Peepul tree
near the Nirmala school near the main
burs stop of the town. Except for
two small idols of Kottai Muniappan and
Kottai Mariyamman guarded by the mud statue of Madurai veeran ,there are large number of spears driven in to the ground before the temple.
In spite of it the look of the temple is awesome and creates fear. People believe that this Kottai Muniyappan
came in the dream of the king and requested him to build a temple for him ,
with a promise that he would guard the
village . Inspite of the ancient look of
the temple, Without honouring Muniyappan no important decisions are taken in that village. Most of
the babies have their first hair cut in this Muniyappan temple only. There is a
festival once in a year and during that
time people come carrying milk pots and anoint him with milk and pongal is
prepared and offered at his temple. People who
pray him for benefits , buy a
spear and drive it on earth before him.. All the villagers when they go out to
eke their living in other place take a fist of mud from this temple and worship it daily
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