Sapta Kannigai Shrine in Melmaruvathur Siddhar Peetam
They are Parivara Deivangal. That means they are in attendance to help Adhiparasakthi. They are part of her retinue and are attendants.
This shrine was established in 1974. Amma asked a devotee from an untouchable caste to establish it. She said that She wanted him, whose caste in the past was denied entry into temples by the general community, to build the structure where that same community would come to worship.
It is to be noted that there is no roof over this shrine. Walls enclose the Murthis (sculptures) of the Seven Kannigai. Amma said in an Arulvakku that there is a high traffic of divine beings in that place and that is why the place is left open to the sky to facilitate communing with them.
It is also to be noted that the walls of this temple have murals of nature, including forests, waterfalls, mountains and animals like the elephant, tiger, lion, deer, peacock, swan and snake. One of the artwork on the wall is that of the neem tree that fell in the 1966 storm after which the Swayambhu was revealed.
Everyone who watches Adigalar Amma doing the rituals in the Siddhar Peetam will be familiar with Amma entering the Sapta Kanigai Mantapam, worshipping the Kanigai, tenderly touching some of the artwork, and also looking up and communicating up towards the sky. Individual pictures of the Saptha Kannigai Sannidhi Temple
The Saptha Kanigai are
Brahmi
Maheshwari
Kowmari
Vaishnavi
Varagi
Indirani
Chamundi
Above are the individual pictures of Saptha Kannigai with their names.
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