One legend says that the present deity was at the RANGANATHASWAMY TEMPLE AT SRIRANGAM, and one of chief priests of the temple believed that the idol caused him illness and hence asked it to be removed from the temple. There is scant history of the period before that though it is believed that the locals worship the Goddess for many centuries before building the current temple. In the early 18th century, King Vijayaraya Chakkaravarthi built the present day form of the temple. Samayapuram is the second most wealthy (in terms of cash flows) temple in Tamil Nadu after Palani. The temple attracts thousands of devotees on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, the holy days for Mariamman. Offerings of raw salt is also made to the Goddess by the rural devotees. Depend on the metal the price is told by vendor women.ĭevotees also offer mavilakku, (Tamil - மாவிளக்கு ) a sweet dish made of jaggery, rice flour and ghee. It is believed by the devotees that the Goddess has enormous powers over curing illnesses and hence, it is a ritual to buy small metallic replicas, made with silver or steel, of various body parts that need to be cured, and these are deposited in the donation box. The main deity, Samayapurathal or Mariamman is made of sand and clay like many of the traditional Mariamman deities, and hence unlike many other Hindu deities there are no abhishekams (sacred washing) conducted to the main deity, but instead the "abishekam" is done to the small stone statue in front of it.
It is located 15 km from Tiruchirappalli on the National Highway (NH-45) which is now a 4 Lane Road from Chennai to Tiruchirappalli.
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is in Samayapuram near Tiruchirappalli.
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