Sri Pookuzhi Sakthi Muthulakshmi Amman Temple, Suyambu Amma Mitto - Hindu temple in Southern Railway Colony, Madurai - Madurai, India

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This temple consists of 6 shrines ->1) Kannimoola Ganapathy, 2) Sonaiah Swamy(Guarding God of the temple who resembles Karuppa Swamy), 3)Amma Mitto, 4)Neervanna Perumal, 5)Pookuli Sakthi Muthulakshmi Amman, 6)Anjali Anjaneyar. Naga devathas, Siva lingam,... are kept under a Banyan tree inside the temple premises. Festivals and celebrations: 1) The Main festival of this temple is Thaipoosam, the day when Goddess Pookkuli amman destroyed her mortal body in the auspicious fire and got merged with the supreme power as immortal. This was happened thousand years ago, people say that this was happened in the Rani Mangammal's Period. On that day, poojas will be done from the morning itself and thousands of people throng to the temple. Annathanam will be provided after the noon pooja. After that people who planned to carry auspicious milk pots (Paalkudam) will go to Vaigai river with the Archagars and the temple heads to make it. They carry those milk pots from the river to the temple. Then the Pookkuli (devotees walk on the fire-bed, as an offering)function will be conducted. At night, the milk from those milk-pots will be used for anointing the deities and finally concluded with pooja. 2) MahaSivaratri festival will also be celebrated by anointing Sonaiah Swamy and by offering pooja. 3) On Thai Amavasa and Aadi Amavasa, special poojas will be offered to Sonaiah Swamy. 4) AadiPooram Bangle Ceremony will also be conducted. 5) Shardha Navaratri festival will be celebrated grandly by decorating the Pookkuli Sakthi Muthulakshmi Amman in the different forms of Sakthi on those 9 days and cultural events like Bajans, Classical dance,..... will also be conducted. 6) On Puratasi Saturdays, special poojas will be offered to Neervanna Perumal. 7) On Vaikunda ekadashi, Neervanna Perumal will be decorated with flowers instead of Jewels. 8) Other than these days, devotees make Sarkarai Pongal (Sweet Pongal) and offer pooja to the deities on tuesdays and fridays. 9) On Saturdays and Sundays, People come and offer prayers at this temple.

Very powerful sourashtra goddess. Our sincere prayers are fulfilled.getting peace of mind .once you visit this temple and pray here u too feel good change in life. Also the Karpanasamy god is so powerful.All devitees come here get blessings

Everyone can come here and pray this most powerful Muthu Lakshmi amman .Temple Location also very nice & peaceful . Anybody can enter madurai means please visit this beautiful temple once...!

Really feel like going and sharing our emotions with our mother.. get immediate peace and pleasant mind... Temple is maintained very clean and all temple staff/committee members are very dedicated and committed.. Devotees are contributing and sponsoring various festivals, poojas... Navarathri celebration is one of the important festivals and deity is decorated as various ammans.. Every people living in, visiting Madurai should visit this temple once and experience the unique feelings, blessings... I hv no doubt they will visit again and again Amma bless you, the reader of this review

Small old temple maintained cleanly. Very calm and divine atmosphere.

Temple located inside Madurai Railway colony. Temple is near to Railway school inside the colony, you can get share auto from Periyar Bus stand to reach the temple.

Pleasure to share, Am Ammamitto(Muthu Lakshmi Amman) devote from my birth.attending Pookuli function(poo Mithi) from past 20 years.