Navarathiri Day 7

                           Sri Garparakshambigai, the unique gift of womanhood is  the Special Alangaram of Marimman on the Day 7 of Navarathiri.

                      May this Sri Garparakhambigai  bless  all the married couples with the children.

                                            

Sri Garparakshambigai

Navarathiri Day 6

                                  Sri Bramacharini is the form taken by the Mariamman on the Sixth Day of Navarathiri in the Siddhi Vinayagar Temple at a distance of 1 Km. from our house.

                              Basically it is a Vinayakar Temple but there are small separate shrines each for Lord Ayyappan, Mariamman, Shiva and Bala Murugan along with the Navagrahas.

                          Navarathiri and Chithirai Thiruvizha are the festivals celebrated for Mariamman.

                                                

Sri Brahmacharini

Navarathiri Day 5

                                         

Sri Bagavathi Amman

 Sri Bagavathi Amman is the Alangaram of our Marimman on the Fifth Day  of Navarathiri in the Siddhi Vinayagar temple.Ambal looks very majestic and beautiful.

Navarathiri Day 4

                                 On the fourth day of Navarathiri, the beginning of the three days meant for Lakshmi, the Ambal is decorated as Sri Mahalakshmi with Sri Venkatachalapathy.

                           It seems to be most the befitting as today is Purattasi Sani.
 

Sri Venkatachalapathy and Sri Mahalakshmi

Navarathiri Day 3

                 Today on  the third day of Navarathiri, the Ambal of our temple is decorated as Bala Thiripura Sundari, the youthful form of the Goddess.

                                            

Bala Thiripura Sundari

Navarathiri Day 2

            Sri Brahmi is the Alangaram of the Mariamman on the second day of Navarathiri.

                Brahmi is said to be the kind and benevolent form of the Mother Godess.

                      From the very name Brahmi, we can assume that she must be associated
                        with the creator God Brahma as his Shakthi meaning Power.

                          Brahmi is one of the seven Mantrikas, similar to our Sapthakannihaihal.

                                                                  

Sri Brahmi

Navarathiri Day 1

                    Today is the first day of Navarathiri.The first three days, as per the tradition,I make Poojas to Goddess Durga.
               Navarathiri is celebrated in a very grand manner in all most all the Amman temples of Coimbatore.There are special Alangarams and Poojas even in some of the Vinayagar,Shiva, Murugan temples in the shrines of Devi.
               Similarly in the nearby, Siddhi Vinayagar temple, there is a small shrine for Goddess  Mariamman.The Goddess is decorated very aesthetically in different forms on all the ten days.The temple wears a festive look.
              Today the Ambal is decorated as Gaja Lakshmi seated on the lotus, flanked by two white elephants on either sides.

Gaja Lakshmi