"To other countries I may go as a tourist,but to India I come as a pilgrim".
These words of Martin Luther King.Jr is another gem to the crown about the greatness of our secular India and our belief  on almighty.

This incident about the world famous Madurai Meenatchi Amman temple is an evidence to the belief that we have on God.

Malik kafur , a cruel king who caused blood river to run in all the kingdoms he invaded, captured  Madurai. He was keen to destroy the Temples or atleast the moorthi's of the temples.
When this news approached  people, a group of 5 Siva chariyars i.e  holy priests wanted to save  Lord Sundareswarar's idol. They created a dolmen in front of the Karpagraham and placed a duplicate idol in front of it.

With teary eyes,they placed  the original moorthi of   Lord Sundareswarar  inside the Karpagraham with full alankara and a lamp . Malik kafur broke a part of  the duplicate moorthi . There was no worship in temple for 48 years.
After 48 years,  when Vijayanagara kingdom flourished ,they started to renovate the temple.When they thought of making another moorthi , a Sivachariyar stopped them from making another one. He had withhold his birth to inform about the original moorthi.

When they broke the dolmen they found the moorthi of  Sundareswarar with same alankara. Not even one flower faded and the lamp was still glowing .
Everyone was dumbstruck ,tears fell from their eyes. 
Even now the duplicate moorthi which is broken is still kept in the temple,opposite to Goddess Durga's abode. 
The sad thing is that we have forgotten our glory,and this story goes unnoticed despite the fact that it is placed in a board inside the temple.

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  1. meenakshi24 November 2017 at 08:02

    I am really and proud to say that I am belonged to Madurai Meenakshi Amman and Sokandahar temple is one of the best temples and the story of this temple is really interesting

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  2. Mind-boggling bloggers!24 November 2017 at 08:05

    I hope it's really unknown for many of us , I have gone to the temple several times . But haven't heard of such information. There is a positive energy above us, known as GOD!
    -Srilalitha.R

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  3. meenakshi24 November 2017 at 08:05

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  4. Mind-boggling bloggers!24 November 2017 at 08:10

    We need to be proud that we belong to a country where we have rich cultural heritage. I was really surprised to know about these facts. I'm looking forward to much more stories.
    -S.Vidhya

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  5. Mind-boggling bloggers!24 November 2017 at 08:34

    Interesting read!!
    ~Sowmyalakshmi R.

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    1. Mind-boggling bloggers!24 November 2017 at 09:10

      I can't help but proudly say that I have been there and actually viewed both the idols!!People there were also very eager to enlighten people from other cities like myself ,about this happening and I was deeply moved!!.....I have always found this incident to be a very beautiful depiction of Indian people's devotion towards their country and their beliefs!!Thanks for passing on this wonderful message Sivanandhini!! Knowledge about these historic happenings should be a must!!
      ~Sowmyalakshmi R.

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