1.Nei Deepam Vazhipadu – Lighting Ghee Lamps
Devotees who seek the Divine Mother to resolve their problems and shortcomings should light 1 ghee lamp praying upon the Divine Mother and 9 ghee lamps praying upon the Navagrahaas from the permanent spiritual lamp (Aganda Jyothi) situated in the temple. After lighting the lamp, devotees should circumambulate the Divine Mother 9 times (while circumambulating dedicate each round to a Navagraha). Then the devotee should sit in front of the Divine Mother and chant the 108 Archanai Malargal (The book containing all chants are available in the temple) thrice followed by a sincere prayer to rectify his/her problems. By doing so, the Navagrahas who are bound by the Divine Mother will redress your shortcomings and bless the devotee.
2.Archanai Vazhipadu
The Divine Mother has declared that worshiping her through an Archanai in this Temple on the below days will yield the following good results.
This is an 18-week long worship. On the first week, the devotees are encouraged to start with an Abhishekam to the divine mother and on the following 17 weeks he or she has to worship with an archanai. It is strongly believed that even before the 18th week, the devotees could realise their prayers answered and feel the blessings of the divine mother. Devotees who cannot visit the temple for consecutive 18 weeks are encouraged to start with the abhishekam on the first week and light 7 ghee lamps for the next 7 weeks on the selected day and reap the same benefits.
3.Maatha Pirappu Vazhipadu – Pooja on the First Day of Tamil Months
On the first day of every month of the Tamil calendar, the divine mother is worshiped with a special abhishekam followed by alankaram. The temple is open full day on this occasion. Devotees are encouraged to attend this special pooja and worship the divine mother by lighting 7 ghee lamps and reciting the vinayagar potri, Navagraha potrigal, archanai malargal and 1008 potri manthirangal. Devotees who perform this special worship for 5 to 9 consecutive months can see their prayers being answered.
1.Nei Deepam Vazhipadu – Lighting Ghee Lamp
To seek the blessings of Divine Mother Mandhirappavai, light 1 ghee lamp for the Divine Mother Mandhirappavai and 18 ghee lamps for the Siddhars, followed by chanting the Mandhirappavai Potri thrice while sitting in front of the Divine Mother and the Siddhars (The book containing all chants are available in the temple). By doing so one shall feel relieved from their burdens and sense improvements in their lives through the blessings of the 18 Siddhars.
The 18 Siddhars a sculpted in yogic positions in front of Divine Mother Mandhirappavai. The 18 Siddhars are namely: Agastiyar, Karuvurar, Theraiyar, Kalanginadhar, Sattainathar, Pulasthiyar, Sivavakiyar, Azhukannar, Kamalamuni, Bhogar, Machamuni, Idaikadar, Thriumoolar, Konganavar, Ramadevar, Pambattisiddhar, Pulippani and Pinnakisar.
These Siddhars are worthy of the worship of devas and other great saints, but they appear as simple men. Each Siddhar is a specialist in a field and their blessings provide us specific boons related to their area of expertise. The below worship methodology is unique to our temple and have been proved to be very effective. We encourage you to gain by reading this and sharing with your friends or relatives who are in desperate need.
1.Worship Methodology
Devotees are advised to visit the temple on specific days (as mentioned below) for 12 to 18 weeks, sit at the Siddhar Sannidhi and pray to the specific Siddhar for 10 minutes with closed eyes in a meditative pose. Before commencing this prayer, you are required to light 5 ghee lamps, dedicate an Archanai to Divine Mother Mandhirappavai and recite the Siddhar Potrigal once.
Optionally the devotees are encouraged to sponsor the Siddhar Malar Malai which is observed on all full-moon days during this 18-week worship.
On completing this 18-week worship, you’ll start to observe positive changes in your life with the blessings on the Siddhars, we recommend continue visiting and praying the Siddhars at the temple on full-moon and no-moon days which is believed to enhance the results.
We encourage interested devotees to sponsor the Full-moon Annadhanam at our temple where nearly 3000 people are fed as a mark of your thanksgiving, after benefitting from your worship.
The devotees who wish to participate in this pooja shall choose a Friday and offer quality pure silk sari along with a scented flower garland and the following items presented on a banana leaf: 3 varieties of fruits, 3 varieties of sweets and other pooja items to goddess Mahalakshmi.
The devotees are instructed to light 1 ghee lamp followed by chanting or reading out the following Potrigal: Vinayagar Potri (once) and Thirumagal Potri (6 times) . Upon completing the above procedure, the devotees should complete the pooja by lighting camphor. (The Potrigal are also available as a book at the temple office)
By participating in this pooja, the devotees are relieved of any form of marital hindrances (Maangalya Dosham) and are blessed with good health and wealth by Goddess Mahalakshmi.
No charges to perform this pooja
Kumaraguruparar, who was born dumb in the town of Srivaikundam, started talking through the blessings of Thiruchandhur Murugan at the age of 5 and he sang the Kandahar kalivenba – Lord Muruga’s story.
He wanted to meet the Delhi ruler to acquire some land for his mutt construction at Kasi. He wished to speak with the Delhi ruler in his mother tongue and thus he sought the blessings of Goddess Kalaimagal by singing Sagalakalaavalli Maalai. It is stated in the history of Kumaraguruparar (Kumaraguruparar charithiram) that he received the knowledge of the Urdu language as a blessing from Goddess Gnanadevi, acquired the land and funds from the Delhi ruler who was awestruck by his wisdom.
Likewise, by sincerely and sole heartedly mediating upon goddess Gnanadevi, one can get the knowledge required to find the way out of their problems with her blessings.
Without the use of any modern laboratories, the 18 Siddhars were able to understand herbal medicine, alchemy, yogic force and sacred chants through transcended meditation with the blessings of Goddess Gnanadevi.
People commonly work in a certain profession although they learn many skills. But only few people shine in their professions and skills. This is attained by their sincerity and dedication.
To excel in our education, profession, spiritual and yogic quest, we need the blessings of Goddess Gnanadevi.
Goddess Gnanadevi is situated in the mediation hall inside the temple premises. The mediation hall is constructed according to the Siddha construction traditions (Siddhaagama vidhi) which helps the devotees to quickly reach the meditative state.
We request the devotees visiting the temple to seek the blessings of goddess Gnanadevi by meditating upon her at the meditation hall, for growth and excellence. Students can excel in studies, professionals can perform well in their careers, seek a bright future and gain good thoughts by doing so.
NOTE: Devotees are requested to sit on Holy grass mat (Dharbai pull paai) or a clean cloth in an erect posture with neck and spine in straight alignment and meditate.
The prayers of the devotees who visit the temple and pray to the almighty are fulfilled with her blessings. Some prayers are answered in short span of time however, some are delayed.
It is believed that the duration of the prayer depends on the severity of the problem. One must pray for longer durations (a minimum of 48 days together) to achieve extraordinary benefits in the form of blessings.
Those who cannot visit the temple for 48 continuous days, can visit the temple on a convenient day and light 48 ghee lamps (equivalent to visiting 48 days) and 1 ghee lamp for Lord Ganesha (lit from the Aganda Deepam – perpetual spiritual lamp) with full faith and sincerity. The devotee is required to circumambulate Lord Ganesha 5 times, Divine Mother Aadhiparasakthi 9 times, Divine Mother Mandhirappaavai and Siddhars 19 times, mediate for 10 minutes in front of the Divine Mother Mandhirappaavai and Siddhars with full faith.
Lighting 49 ghee lamps is equivalent to visting the temple consicutively for 48 days. However, devotees are encouraged to visit the temple and pray whenever possible in the interim period.