Samy Vellu.ġ983 - Dining Hall and Cemetery burial ceremonial shed was completed and the outstanding payments for wedding hall by Mr. The temple's wedding hall was officiated by the former Minister for Works and present MIC president Dato Seri Dr. Singaram took over the leadership and managed to complete the remaining construction works. Govindarajoo on was halted for time being. Govindarajoo, the work of building wedding hall was almost completed. Arumugam Pillai AMN from Penang.ġ980 - Under the leadership of late Mr. The ground breaking ceremony was completed by the late Arulmamani Thavathiru N.D.S.
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Mayilvaganam and his pro tem commitee started work on building the proposed wedding hall. V.Ramasamy and his pro tem committe, they managed to raise funds for the wedding hall building.ġ978 - The late Mr. Gunasegaran and the pro temple committee.ġ977 - Under the patronage of Mr. Kumbabishegam ceremony was performed by Mr. Vishwanathan and thus, the fund raising campaign was launched.ġ974 - The front look of the temple was renovated and completed. Suppiah and his committee members.ġ972 - Proposal for temple's wedding hall was put forward by the late Mr. Namachivayam and the rest of the 1951 temple committee members.ġ962 - Temple was rebuilt and renovated under the leadership of late Mr. The temple was later named as SAMAPURA MAHA MARIAMMAN KOVIL.ġ951 - The temple was officially registered with Perak state government. Balasingam, and the construction of the new temple started. Govindasamy built an Edumpan temple on the temple land.ġ918 - Few bags of soil from Samayapuram, in Tiruchi district of Tamil Nadu, India were brought by the late Mr. SellaThandal and Mr.Karuppa Pillai was fruitful when the British who ruled Malaya, awarded 2 1/2 acres land for building a temple on the present land and another 9 1/4 acres land for cemetery for the Hindu community in Tanjung Rambutan.ġ913 - Dr. The Samayapuram Mariamman Temple of Tamil Nadu is thus an exhilarating experience for the religiously inclined and offers them an opportunity to continue their sojourn for the spiritual quest.1910 - Efforts by the late Mr.Vishvanathan Pillai, Mr. The float festival is celebrated a week later accompanied with tremendous gaiety and exuberance. Annual Festivals are held here during the Thai Poosam in the Tamil months of Pankuni and Chittarai. Offerings at the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple, Trichy include jaggery, salt, lentils, jewelry by the ardent devotees etc. The temple has a number of shrines they include the idol of Mariamman, Karuppannasaami who is a local deity. Here a temple had been established and t was named as Samayapuram Mariamman Temple. When the state of Tamil Nadu was on the verge of destruction the idol was brought by a palanquin to the present town. The idol of the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple was under the possession of the Vijaynagar Monarchs. She is also known as Mahamaayi or Seethala Gouri.Īnother legend says that King Dasaratha the father of Lord Ram used to worship at the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple. The Lord Mariamman is an incarnation of that Kali on earth. It says that when Lord Shiva swallowed the Kaalakoota poison he created Goddess Kali from that poison and so, henceforth she assumed the name Kali. There is a legend behind this temple Samayapuram Mariamman Temple. They believe that the Goddess Mariamman is capable of curing diseases like Small Pox and Chicken Pox. She is associated with curative powers by the local inhabitants. Mariamman is also revered throughout India as the incarnation of Shakti on the earth. He is the manifestation of Shakti of the Mother Goddess on the earth. The Samayapuram Mariamman Temple has been dedicated to Lord Mariamman. Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is one of the famous Temples of the South and is mostly visited by the tourists.