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Putlur Angala Parameshwari Amman Temple, also known as the Putlur Amman Temple, is a
The temple is located in Ramapuram locality of Putlur, a village in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, around 38 km west of Chennai. The temple is 850 meters away from the
Important festivals include Shivarathri, Masi Magam, the Fridays in the Tamil month of Aadi, and
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temple in Putlur, a village on the outskirts of Chennai, India. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Angala Parameshwari, an incarnation of Parvati, who is believed to have taken the form of a large anthill resembling a pregnant woman.
Location
The temple is located in Ramapuram locality of Putlur, a village in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, around 38 km west of Chennai. The temple is 850 meters away from the Putlur railway station
Putlur Railway Station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Putlur, a suburb of Chennai, and is located 39 km west of Chennai Ce ...
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The temple
The main deity at the temple is known as Poongavanathu Amman. The goddess appears in the form of a natural anthill resembling a woman suffering from labour pain, lying with her mouth open. Owing to the presence of Shiva inside the sanctum sanctorum, the idol ofNandi
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is present in front of the sanctum instead of a lion found normally in a Devi temple, which is considered a rarity. There are shrines to Ganesh, Nataraja, Madurai Veeran, Subrahmanya
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, Dakshinamurti and the philosopher-saint Valluvar near the sanctum sanctorum. Nataraja is known by the name Thandavarayan. The sacred tree of the temple is a neem tree located in the outer corridor. Other shrines at the outer corridor include a sacred anthill and shrines of goddess Karumari, Ganesh, and Nagadevas (serpent deities) under the sacred tree. Devotees believe that worshiping the goddess fulfills their wish for a child.
Important festivals include Shivarathri, Masi Magam, the Fridays in the Tamil month of Aadi, and new moon
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The temple had given rise to the name of the village "Putlur" meaning "the town of anthill" (from the Tamil term ''putru'' meaning "snake hole").
See also
*Religion in Chennai
Chennai is religiously cosmopolitan, with its denizens following various religions, chief among them being Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism. Chennai, along with Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, and Kolkata, is o ...
References
External links
{{List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu Hindu temples in Chennai Hindu temples in Tiruvallur district