Thursday 7 April 2016

Bannari Mariamman Temple / Bannari Amman Temple / ஸ்ரீ பண்ணாரி மாரியம்மன் கோயில், Bannari, near Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu.

07th April 2016.
The legs are paining after my trek  to Chennimalai on 3rd April 2016. Taken rest at my native home ( A tiny Village called Pappavalasu on the way to Perundurai to Kunnathur ). On 4th April morning after getting blessing from my mother continued my temples darshan to Sri Bannari Mariamman and Sri Othimalai Andavar.

Reached Bannari Mariamman Temple around 09.30 Hrs via Kunnathur – Gobichettipalayam- Sathyamangalam. Since it was Monday, there was not much crowd and had a peaceful darshan of Sri Bannari Mariamman. The temple looked very colourful after painting.
  
SRI BANNARI AMMAN TEMPLE – BANNARI.
Sri Bannari Amman temple is on the foot hills of western ghats and  on the bus route Sathyamangalam to Mysore. It was a part of Kongu Nadu.

 Devotees offering salt and pepper

Main Deity  : Sri Bannari Mariamman, Bannari Amman  

Some of the important features of this temple are….
Entrance arch is on the east and Amman is facing south with kapalam, damaru, Knife and Pasam in hands கபாலம்உடுக்கைகத்தி & பாசக்கயிறு). Sri Bannari Mariamman was found as swayambhu on the banks of Thoranapallam forest river under a vengai tree.

In the artha mandapam sannadhi for Bommaraya Swami. Ganapathy is in maha mandapam facing east. In the south side prakaram sannadhi for Madheswara Murthy. Sannadhis for Sarugu mariamman and Muniyappa Swamy are near theppa kinaru ( well ).

HISTORY
300 years back Dana Nayakkan or Dhanda Nayakkan forest is now called as Bannari. 

LEGENDS
A Cow karam pasu (  காராம் பசு )  used to milch from its utter automatically on a particular place under a Vengai tree. On searching inside the bush the villagers found a Swayambhu Linga. Amman came through a elderly person and said she is the Bannari Mariamman. From then on-wards people started worshiping Bannari Mariamman. The anthill earth is given to devotees as vibhuti or prasadam. 

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Panguni Uthiram festival is being celebrated in a grand manner. Kundam ie walking on fire is also celebrated in a grand manner in which devotees from nearby states used to participate. People offer salt and pepper to Sri Bannari Mariamman after their wishes are fulfilled.

TEMPLE TIMINGS :
The temple is kept open between 05.30 Hrs to 21.00 Hrs

CONTACT DETAILS :
The temple office phone number is : 04295 – 243289
e-mail address is bannari@yahoo.com

HOW TO REACH :
Bannari is about 12 KM from Sathyamangalam on the Mysore route
Buses are available from Sathyamangalam, Gobichettipalayam and Mettupalayam. 

LOCATION:CLICK HERE

 Main entrance arch on the east side 
 Vinayagar Sannadhi
 Thirisool and the entrance 
 Here too devotees put a lock on the swing chain to get blessings of Sri Bannari Mari Amman 


View of the temple from main road

For more Photos from my Picassa web album :    CLICK HERE  
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA:---

…..To be Continued with Othi Malai Trek 

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