Mariamman..

Published by Sujay on Friday, December 16, 2005 at 1:30 PM

Therez a small temple near my house in cbe called 'Black' Mariamman temple..well, thats what ppl call that temple.. me used to wonder y such name tho' all Mariamman idols in most of the temple are black in color..r was it the anglicised version of 'karu'Mariyamman ?? (thx Arun ;) )

Then when inquired, it turned out to be 'Plague' Mariamman temple... Thanks to eloquent Tanglish speaking ability of the ppl, Plague became Black...

Seems that Plague erupted across South India in 1898 and the epidemic took a heavy toll. People believed that pleasing Goddess Mariamma would eradicate Plague and built Mariamman temples in lots of places including, suprisingly, Bangalore,(Source : Wikipedia) But the name 'Plague Mariamman' sounds otherwise.. :)

ps: Therz a Mariamman temple in Bangkok.

Posted by Sujay  

6 Comments:

  1. Arun said...
    December 16, 2005 11:11 PM  
    Where is this temple? The one behind your house. Nrae the bus stop?

    I Initally thought it was 'Karu'Maariamman considering your tanglish knowledge (KC gardens Huh )

    But ur explaination proved otherwise ;)
    Jagan said...
    December 18, 2005 6:29 AM  
    dai ..looks like u r blogging a bit actively .cool da ..
    Sujay said...
    December 19, 2005 5:38 PM  
    @Arun: thats near my uncle's shop: @1st even I thot 'karu'mariyamman was dubbed as 'Black' mariyamman...

    @Jagan : yepssss
    Priya said...
    December 19, 2005 6:26 PM  
    i saw a milestone being considered a deity.. ;)
    In Milestones.. err.. God i trust :D hehe..

    ..p..
    silverine said...
    December 22, 2005 3:14 PM  
    Last year a cuz brother was relieving himself on the roadside when a lady rushed at him saying that the stone he was 'washing' was her God!!! Poor fellow just about had time to zip up and run for his life.

    p.s. did the temple eradicate the plague?
    Sujay said...
    December 23, 2005 10:37 AM  
    @Priya : as vivek wud put it, every NH in India wud have a deity every mile, please do appease!!

    @Silverine : LOL ! it got eradicated outa South India but ther was another attempt in 90's in n arnd Surat :)

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