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Madapuram Madapuram is a small village that lies on the banks of the Vaigai River and on the National highway 49 that connects Madurai with Rameshwaram. The village is situated at 18 km from Madurai. Though Madapuram is near madurai it falls under Sivagangai district.〔http://www.sivaganga.tn.nic.in/〕 The famous Madapuram Badhrakali amman and ayyanar temple is situated at this place. Today this temple is managed by HR&CE ministry of Government of Tamil Nadu. Madapuram kali is believed to be the Kaval deivams of Madurai Pandyan king.This temple has no roof. Madapuram kali is very famous here she stands with no roof and about 12 feet high. Ammavasya days will be very crowded with people pray with lemon mala and archani. The Rajagopuram (the tower) of Bathirakaliamman temple is of five tiers. The Goddess Bathirakaliamman idol is thirteen feet and is guarded on both sides by two Boothas (demons). A very big horse of 30 ft stands raising its legs over this idol. Bathirakaliamman holds a trident and has a crown of fire. Peoples consider the temple as court of justice. It is common that at a small platform outside the temple people seek justice from the Goddess. They come in wet clothes, state their complaint and cut a coin and put it on a sacred place “Pattyakkal” installed here. They believe that by doing this they receive the justice and the person against whom the complaint is lodged will be punished appropriately by the Goddess. The Thala virutcham is Neem tree. The temple has two theerthams namely Brahmma Gundam, Manikarni theertham. The temple is open from 6.00 AM in the morning till 8.00 PM is the evening. ==History== Before 2300 years back, this place was surrounded by thick thorn forest. During that period, Trimurti along with Goddess Gowri went for hunting. Lord Shiva asked Parvathy not to come along with them. As Parvathy doesn't wished to stay alone, Lord Shiva created a child named "Ayyanar" to accompany her. She requested Lord Shiva to make this place as a holy one and Lord shiva accepted her wish and made this place holy by informing that taking bath in Vaigai river within 3 km from this place is spiritually equivalent to taking bath in Kasi, the holy water. Goddess Parvathy stayed here as KALI and When a devotee asked a wish to her, she ordered him to provide a horse-shaped shadow for her standing posture. Lifting his two legs, he provided shadow and from that day onwards, Goddess Kali blessed the devotees in this form. There is another ancient history for this temple. Once upon a time the city Madurai was surrounded by flood. As Goddess Meenakshi asked to show the boundary of Madurai, Lord Shiva showed the boundary by covering the area with its head and tail and this place was came to known as Padapuram (Padam-Face of the snake and Puram-Back of the snake)and in later days, it became Madapuram. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madapuram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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