Muppandal Esakki Amman temple - Story- Origin of the temple
This temple is also called as Muppandal avvayaramman temple. Muppandal is a small village which is 25 km North of Naagarkoil town of Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.People believe that the Goddess was originally called “Iyakki” meaning she makes things work and this over time became Esakki,. The temple has a statue of the great ancient poetess of Tamil Nadu and hence it is called also as avvayara amman temple . There are two stories about this temple, one about its recent origin and another about its ancient origin. Another interesting fact about the temple is that the Goddess remains under a cactus plant here. Story of the recent origin of the temple In a place called Panakudi of Tirunelveli district a lady devotee was greatly suffering due to unbearable stomach acheThough she consulted many doctors nobody was...