histroy_temple, Pachaimalai Subramanya Swamy Temple, Erode, Tamil Nadu
histroy_temple, Pachaimalai Subramanya Swamy Temple, Erode, Tamil Nadu

Pachaimalai Subramanya Swamy Temple, Erode, Tamil Nadu

Date built:
Deity:Subramanya Swamy
Architectural style:Dravidian architecture
Major festivalsThai Poosam, Panguni Uthiram, Skanda Sashti, Navaratri
Locale:Pachaimalai, Gobichettipalayam
District::Erode
Address:

Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Temple,Pachaimalai,Modachur,

Gobichettipalayam – 638476

Phone

Pachaimalai Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Temple ‘ (Pachaimalai Balamurugan Temple} is one of the two major hill temples (other being Pavalamalai) located in Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, dedicated to Tamil God Murugan. The temple constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, is located on top of a small hillock in the outskirts of the town of Gobichettipalayam.

Architecture

The temple has a five-storey main Gopuram built according to the Dravidian architecture. The main deity is Balamurugan, the child form of Lord Murugan. The main deity faces west similar to Palani Dhandayuthapani temple. The temple also has a colossal statue of Lord Muruga, which is visible from the town of Gobichettipalayam. The statue measures 40 ft and is one of the largest Senthilandavar statues in the state. The temple also has shrines dedicated to various gods and goddesses including Vidya Ganapathy, Maragatheeswarar and His consort Maragathavalli, Kalyana Subramanyar with His consorts Valliand Deivanai, Maragatha Venkatesa Perumal with His consorts Sridevi and Bhoodevi, Dakshinamurthi, Bhairavar and the Navagraha.[3] The speciality of Navagraha is that they can be seen with their consorts seated on their respective mounts. This is very rare.

Legend / Local stories

In Tamil grammar, land mass in this world is divided into five types of eco-systems. Mountain, hill and associated area is called ‘Kurinji’. The lord of Kurinji is Murugan and he has made the hills as his abode. Majority of all hill temples found in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere are dedicated to Lord Subramanyar.

Once upon a time, Saint Dhurvasar reached Kunnathur that lies 18 km south of present Gobi town. When he worshiped at the Shiva temple at Kunnathur, he found out that a place called Modachur on the outskirts of present Gobi town is a good place to perform his routine worship of Shiva. While worshipping Shiva, he wanted to have Darshan of Lord Subramanya. Not finding a temple in close quarters, he went into penance to find out the best place to have Darshan of Lord Muruga. He found through his penance that there is a Subramanya temple on a small hill at a distance of around 1.5 km from Modachur and the main deity faced west. The saint reached the hillock to find Lord Subramanya and was overjoyed and mesmerised by his beauty. He then decided to continue his penance from there. He also learnt the similarities between the temple and Palani where the Lord is facing west as Dhandapani.

All these events were forgotten as time proceeded. Around 1954, a landlord named P. K. Kuppuswamy Gounder visited the temple. He is said to have seen a Jyothi (Light) at the shrine[ and was asked to take care of the temple by a heavenly voice. On his initiative, regular pooja was started in the temple. He also pioneered to renovate the Temple and the Karpagraha was constructed out of polished black granite.

Starting then, the renovation moved into a fast pace. First Swarnabandhana Maha Kumbabishekam was performed in 1980 led by P. K. Eswaran as renovation committee head. Since then, scores of people have joined the renovation committee and lot of work has happened in the temple.

The latest and Second Swarnabandhana Kumbabishekam was performed around June 2006. It is uncommon to find Swarnabandhanam being done for the deities. You can really count the number of temples where Swarnabandhanam (Gold plating the base of statue where it stands) has been performed for deities in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere.

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How to Reach:

Pachaimalai is located 3Kms from Gobi town centre. There are two ways to reach Pachaimalai from Gobi town: one from Modachur (Gobi – Kunnathur Road) and another from Karattur (Erode – Sathy Main Road). As there are no buses, one can hire an auto/taxi to reach Pachaimalai.

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