Consecration of Samayapuram Mariamman temple held

The consecration of Mariamman temple in Samayapuram near here, was performed after a gap of twelve years today.
The Samayapuram Sri Mariamman, is considered one of the primary sites of goddess Sakthi, and also a presiding deity that cures infectious diseases like measles.
In view of the increasing number of devotees visiting the temple, the administration had decided to carry out elaborate renovation and provide additional facilities, for which it had spent Rs 30 crore from donations and state HR and CE funds.
The renovation work, which began in 2011 completed this year.
The work on the sanctum sanctorum alone had cost Rs five crore.

Fifty one 'homa kundas' were built for performing special poojas for various deities in the temple.

The poojas started on February 3 and concluded early this morning.
The consecration poojas and dravya hoothi were held at 5.30 AM today and the Poornahoothi(completion)was held at 5.45.
The consecration of Kalasams of the towers and the main deity was performed at 7.10 AM by the Sivachariyars, who had come from different parts of Tamil Nadu.
Tiruparankunram Siva Sri Raja Bhattar, Tiruvanaikovil Chandrasekhara Sivachariar presided over the function even as the devotees chanted the name of Sakthi.
Holy water was sprinkled on the devotees using sprinklers.

The Executive Officer of the temple, G Thennarasu and district officials were present during the ceremony for which a local holiday was declared.
Three thousand police personnel had been deployed on security duty, police said.
Thennarasu said, the temple had undergone a major revamp.
The outer enclosure of the temple had been widened to accommodate more devotees and all four major temple towers had been renovated.
A three-storey hair tonsuring centre has also been constructed for the devotees, he added.