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Angalaamman is a name given to the Tamil village deity, Angala
Parameshwari. However,Ankalamma is a non-Vedic deity and like so
many popular Tamil deities, she seems to haveoriginated in a fierce
guardian figure. In the rituals dedicated to her, she is appeased
with lood.Ankalamma!s shrines are usually located outside of the
village in groves of trees. They areusually not proper temples, ut
very simple stone structures. "he is considered one of the
fiercest
forms of the mother #oddess Amman, and is worshipped y the
Indians, especially y the "outhIndians.
Story of (Thandakarunyam) Melmalaiyanoor
$nce upon a time, the goddess "hakthi was orn as a girl named
!%hakshayani! after her father,&ing '%akshan' who was
immortally a son of (ord )rahma . %hakshayani loved (ord "hiva,
forwhich her father critici*ed her, saying she should not marry him
as he stayed with the demonsand snakes in the graveyard. (ord "hiva
came to the %aksha!s garden where %hakshayani was
picking flowers for "hiv poo+a, and asked her to come with him
to the &ailasham TheHimalayas on the ull named andi . %hakshan
was very angry with "hiva, so he tried to insult(ord "hiva y making
a /agna y inviting all #ods, %evas, and 0ishis, ut not (ord
"hiva.
The /agna started and all the gods, devas and rishis went to the
yagna. %hakshayani %evi wasvery ve1ed y her father!s action. "he
asked her hus and for permission to attend that yagna toask her
father why he ignored her hus and %hakshan!s "on-in-(aw and why he
is doing thisyagna without the (ord "hiva. The (ord advised her not
to go there ut %hakshayani argued, andthe (ord with utmost anger
said '#$' to %hakshayani and she went. However, %aksha
evencriticised the (ord "hiva among all the invitees who came to
that yagna. %hakshayani reali*edthat her hus and asked not to go
there, ut she came there without o eying her hus and. "he
feltguilty and cursed her father saying that your yagna will e
destroyed, and she +umped onto thefire in the yagna.
This news is rought to the (ord "hiva y the saint aratha. 2pon
hearing this the (ord dancedan angry dance, '0uthra Thandavam'3 his
sweat fell to earth, forming (ord Veera hadra and)hadrakali, and
these two danced with the (ord "hiva. Then the (ord ordered Veera
hadra and)hadrakali to kill %haksha and destroy the yagna.
4eanwhile, the (ord "hiva took the urnt
ody of %hakshayani and danced fiercely3 as he danced
%hakshayni!s ody disintegrated, fallingthroughout India to create
"hakti Peethas . 5here the right hand fell in Tamil adu is a
placecalled Thandakarunyam, later called 4elmalaiyanoor. The right
hand that fell there is protected
y a long snake y making a snake hive till now that snake hives
sand is given as prasada $no eying his commands (ord Veer hadra and
)hadrakali maa destroyed the yagna the %evas and0ishies and the
#ods went away from there in fear and finally (ord Veera hadra
killed %aksha
y slaying his head and all #ods asked to give life to %aksha, so
(ord Veera hadra slayed thehead of a goat which was kept for the
sacrifice for the yagna and put its head on %akshas odyand gave him
life. The %aksha, with the goat!s head, asked for forgiveness from
(ordVeera hadra and the (ord "hiva and then the (ord Veera hadra
went with %aksha to the placefull of )etal leaves Vetrilai kaadu
now called Anumanthapuram and stayed there and giving
oons to the people who worship him. #oddess )hadrakali also came
to Anumanthapuram andstayed there near a lake in that village till
now the people who were caught y an evil ghost go tothat temple and
get relief from evil ghosts.
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Story of Angalamman
$nce "hakthi was re orn as Parvati , )rahma performed a yaga to
save god and men from twodemons known as "ando i and "undaran.
Through this yagna Thilothama, an apsara came to life.Attracted y
the eauty of Thilothama, the demons, and even )rahma, followed her.
6or her
protection she went to &ailash where )rahma also followed.
As )rahma also was with fiveheads, Parvathi mistook him for "hiva
and felt at his feet. 5hen Parvathi reali*ed the truth, shewas very
angry and prayed "hiva that the fifth head of )rahma should e
destroyed. "o "hiva as'0udra' removed one head of )rahma so )rahma
now with four heads cursed "hiva that his fifthhead must e attached
to his hand itself and hereafter "hiva must e affected having
hunger,having no sleep. "o "hiva came to earth and roamed
everywhere. 5hen he was hungry he
egged and ate, ut half of the food he egged was eaten y the
fifth head of )rahma7 that is, the'&a ala' so "hiva roamed in
every graveyard and slept in ashes and that form of "hiva
isworhipped as )hairava in south India.
Parvati went to her rother (ord Vishnu and asked for relief for
her hus and so (ord Vishnu saidto Parvati, '4y dear sister, go to
thandakarunyam graveyard with your hus and and make a pondthere
named 'Agni kula theertham' and prepare a tasty food made y Agathi
keerai Humming
ird tree leaves and lood of chicken and serve that food to ka
ala and then throw the foodeverywhere in the graveyard. The ka ala
will come down, leaving "hiva!s hand, to eat the food.Then take
your hus and to the pond and clean him with that water so that it
will not catch yourhus ands hand'. Parvati did as her rother said7
she took her hus and to thandakarunyamgraveyard and prepared the
food, served it to the ka ala and then threw it in the graveyard.
Theka ala came down from "hiva!s hand3 meanwhile, Parvati took her
hus and to the pond andcleaned him. The ka ala searched for "hiva!s
hand ut could not touch him so it attached toParvati!s hand. "o
Parvati forgot a out this and danced3 then she recognised what had
happenedand ecome ig and destroyed the ka ala with her right
leg.
The fiercest form Angara ru am or Agora ru am which destroyed
the ka ala when separatedfrom Parvati is called Angalaamman.
Parvati told Angalaamman to stay there and give a oon tothe people
who worship her and she went to &ailayam. However, "hiva was
not there. "hiva gotrelief from )rahma!s curse, ut he was too
hungry so he went &asi and there Parvati, incarnatedas
'Annapoorani %evi', served him food and "hiva ate and got relief
from his hunger.
In the Thandakarunyam Angalaamman give oon to the people who
worship her the people whohad diseases went there and get relief
from the diseases she drive away the evil ghosts from the
people and people go there and worship her in no moon days
Amavasya at the midnight ofevery no moon day Angalamman is
decorated and put on a swing Amavasai $on+al .
Mayana Kollai
This was a main function cele rated for Angalamman.The ma+or
function cele rated for her isthe '4ayana &ollai' cele rated in
the Tamil month of 4aasi that means in the 8nglish month of6e ruary
and 4arch. It consists of Animal sacrifice of goats and chickens
for her. The functionsfalls on a new moon day of the Tamil month
4aasi 4aasi Amavasya and the day efore the new
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