It is said that the daughter of Tulaja Raja (1729–35) of Tanjore, who lost her eyesight due to illness, regained it after worshipping at this temple. Mud replicas of different parts of the human body are placed in the temple as offerings by devotees pleading for cure. Hence the deity of this temple is known as Punnainallur Mariamman. On the king's orders a temple was constructed there, the idol installed, and the place was called Punnainallur. The King rushed to the spot and recovered an idol from the jungle.
Legend says that Mariamman appeared to the King Venkoji Maharaja Chatrapati (1676–1688) of Tanjore in his dreams and told him she was in a forest of Punna trees three miles distant from Tanjore. Punainallur, near Thanjavur (Tanjore), is the location of another famous Māri temple. For example, the Samayapuram temple near the shore of river Cauvery in the northern outskirts of Trichy, maintains a rich agamic tradition and all rituals are performed by Gurukkals. Some temples have attained sufficient popularity for Brahmins to officiate at them. Most temples to Mariamman are simple village shrines, where both male and female priests perform sacred rituals. She is considered as the protector (kaval deivam) by many people residing in south India. Mariamman is very popular in South India. Maariamman is worshipped in accordance with the local Agamas as Pidari or the Gramadevata. Her worship mainly focuses on bringing rains and curing diseases like cholera, smallpox, and chicken pox. Her festivals are held during the late summer/early autumn season of "Aadi" throughout the Tamil Nadu and Deccan region, the largest being Aadi Thiruvizha.
Māri is related with the Hindu goddesses Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Devi. She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Mariamman and Mariaai, spelt also Maariamma, or simply Amman or Aatha ("mother") is the South Indian Hindu goddess of rain. we all have grown up hearing this song in the temples during addi month and in moth of December.ġ) Playing while screen is off with battery management.Ĥ) Widget to play and pause the current songĪpp contains superhit devotional songs tamil including amman songs devotional tamil, tamil bakthi padalgal, tamil devotional songs, tamil bakthi songs sung by top artists. The very Famous Amman song in south India.