Sri Kariyakaliamman Temple, ஸ்ரீ கரியகாளியம்மன் திருக்கோவில் Velliraveli, Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu.

The Visit to this Sri Kariya Kaliamman Temple at Velliraveli in Tiruppur District was a part of “Ayyanar, Durgai Sculptures,  Hero Stone and Memorial stones   in Shiva & Amman Temples of Tiruppur and Erode Districts Visit, on 27^th and 28^th February 2022.

Main Deity       : Sri Kariya kaliamman

Some of the salient features of this temple are…

The temple is facing east with a Deepa Sthambam and Kundam /Fire walk Kundam. Bas-relief of Durgai and Vinayagar are at the base of the Deepa Sthambam. The Deepa Sthambam Mandapam pillars has the bas-relief of 2 male and females, may be donors. Maduraiveeran / Muneeswarar sannithi with a dog is on the right side of the entrance. Stucco image of Amman is on the top of the entrance along with Vinayagar and Murugan.

Oonjal, Kodimaram and Simha Vahanam are immediately after the entrance. Entrance is in the form of Mandapam where Amman’s procession vahanas are kept. In Praharam Kannimoola Ganapathi, 3 stucco horses and a Stucco Cow.

Dwarapalaka and Dwarapalaki are at the entrance of ardha mandapam. Kariyakaliamman in sanctum is with 8 hands holds various weapons and head of asura. While the right leg is in lifted condition, the left leg is on an asura’s body.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and a mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is built with stone up to prastaram. A 3 tier Rajagopuram type Vimanam with 3 Kalasams is over the sanctum sanctorum. Stucco images of Kariya kaliamman is on the Vimanam.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The temple may be existed since 18^th Century. In 1804 CE the temple, Sanctum Sanctorum, Ardha mandapam, Maha mandapam are renovated along with construction of praharam wall. Chariot utsavam and Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 13^th October 1804, by Thiruvenkada Goundan’s son Subramaniya Gounden’s son Chinnappa Gounden of Vellode Vellalar community Sathanthai Gothram, who belongs to Kunnathur Velliraveli in Kuruppa Nadu. ( The work was initiated with erection of Palakal on 15^th October 1803 ). The original inscription reads as…   

ஸ்வஸ்திஸ்ரீ சாலிய வாகன சகாப்தம் சூனா.உயக கலியுக சகாப்தம்

சசூகளாரு யிதின்மேல் செல்லாநின்ற ரத்தாட்சி வருஷம்

புரட்டாசி மாதம் கூய தியதி சனிக்கிழமை விஜயதசமி

திருவோண நட்சத்திரம் திருவிநாமயோகமும் கூடின

சுபதினத்தில் குன்றத்தூர் வெள்ளிரவெளி கரியகாளியம்மன்

னுடைய கோயில் திருப்பணி ஆரம்பம் மகாரா ரா ஸ்ரீ

யிங்கிலீசு கும்பினியார் நாளில் கெர்ப்பக்கிரகம்

அர்த்தமண்டபம் மகாமண்டபம் சுத்துப் பிரகாரத் திருமதில்

ரதநிர்மானமும் உண்டுபண்ணி யிதினுடன் குரோதன

வருஷம் புரட்டாசி மாதம் உயஎ தியதி வியாழக்கிழமை அமர

பட்சத்து துதிகை அசுபதி நட்சத்திரம் வச்சிரநாம

யோகம் தைதுல வாகரணமும் அமிர்த யோகமும் பெற்ற

நாளில் கெர்ப்பக்கிரகம் அர்த்தமண்டபம் மகாமண்டபம்

விக்கிரகம் முதலான சம்புரோட்சனைகளும் செய்து

மகா சம்புரோட்சனையும் செய்து ரதோற்சவமும்

நடப்பிச்சவன் குறுப்புநாடு குன்றத்தூர் வெள்ளிரவெளி

காணியாளக் கவுண்டர்களில் வெள்ளோடு சாத்தந்தை

கோத்திரத்தில் திருவேங்கடக்கவுண்டன் குமாரன்

சுப்பிரமணியக் கவுண்டன் புத்திரன் சின்னப்ப கவுண்டன்

உபயம்.

Temple was reconstructed with Sanctum sanctorum, construction of Parivara Murti sannidhis and Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 24^th Feb 2002.

A mock Chariot procession was conducted with new Chariot on 17^th February 2010 and Chariot Utsavam was conducted along with Kundam on 27^th April 2010, after 250 years. 

On 08^th March 2017 Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted after attending repair works.  

The temple is under the administrative control of HR & CE Department, Uthukuli Sri Kailasanathar Temple.

LEGENDS

The Sathanthai sect of Vellalar Community of Kuruppa Nadu worships Kariya kaliamman as their Kuladheivam and this is also  the Velliraveli Village guarding deity.

Ladies worships on Amavasya days for Child boon and as part of thanksgiving, they do fire walk on annual Kundam Thiruvizha.   

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from regular oru kala pooja special poojas are conducted on Amavasya Days and Annual festival in the month Chithirai month will be celebrated in a grand manner with Chariot Utsavam and Kundam / Theemithi Thiruvizha.  

TEMPLE TIMINGS

The temple will be kept opened between 08.00 hrs to 10.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS

The HR & CE Department, Uthukuli Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Thakkar may be contacted on land line number 04294 262052 for further details.  

HOW TO REACH

The temple is about 500 meters the Village Velliraveli and about 2 KM off Kunnathur – Perundurai main Road. Town bus route No 10 is available from Tiruppur and P3 is from Perundurai.

The temple is 7 KM from Kunnathur, 15 KM from Perundurai, 26 KM from Tiruppur and 35 KM from Erode.

Nearest Railway station is Perundurai and Junction is Tirupur and Erode.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE  : CLICK HERE

Stucco Cow and Horses 

Dwarapalaka & Dwarapalaki

Muneeswaran 

Durgai 

Donors

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