About Vekkaliamman Temple
The Vekkaliamman Temple is situated 7 km from Trichy in the town of
Woraiyur, Tamil Nadu. The temple is one of the important pilgrimage
centres as well as a seat of Cholas. The specialty of this temple is
that its main residing deity does not have a roof over his head
Powerful goddess
A very popular and powerful amman temple. Once a Queen wanted flowers from the garden of Thayumanavar temple and the King arranged for it. Shiva got angry just saw towards the direction of Woriyur. The whole village got covered with mud (sand storm) due to the anger of Shiva. Vekkaliamman, the protector Goddess of that place was worried and prayed to Shiva to calm down. She protected the people from further anger of Shiva and thereafter stayed there taking care of the people who come to Her. There is no roof for the sanctum sanctorum. Many times they attempted to roof it but they could not succeedThis feature is based on the legend where Goddess Vekkaliamman instructed her devotees for not building a roof over her head until every person in the world has a shelter. The north facing of the idols present in this temple is also one noticeable feature. Special days of this temple are Tuesdays and Fridays.
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