Religious & Spiritual Statue

Features

• In Tamil Nadu alone, places where Mariamma is worshipped are so numerous as to defy count It may be that with this goddess we stand face-to-face with one of the most popular-and ancient-divinities in au of Hinduism. Goddess Mariamman is believed to be an aspect of Parvati, Siva's Shakti, and, at the same time, a mothering, nurturing goddess of independent status. What takes votaries to Mariamman's temples today? Clearly, many of the same functions that always drew them there. They go to her because they believe she alleviates sufferings of all kinds. She grants boons. She blesses with children. She insures a job. She arranges a promotion. She finds a husband. She supervises an easy birth. She helps the lame to walk. She causes the mute to speak. She enables the blind to see. She calms the deranged. And, as always, she cools fevers.
• Among the thousands of shrines and temples to this great Mother Goddess there are a few which may be named as influential centers of Mariamman's worship. In Tamil Nadu there are the Mariamman Koil at Samayapuram, the Bhavani Koil at Periyapalayam, the KaruMariamman Koil at Tiruverkadu, and the Kottaimari temple in Salem; and in the state of Andhra Pradesh there are the Somalamma Kovil at Rajahmundry, and the Mutyalamma temple at Vijayawada. At such places, as well as at the thousands of other Mariamman shrines and temples, she is served by two or more full-time priests.