Putlur Angala Parameswari Temple - Chennai

Angala Parameswari Temple in Putlur, near Chennai city of South India, is a unique temple. The Goddess is in the form of a pregnant woman in this temple.


The icon of Angala Parameswari is believed to be self-manifested, called swayambhu. 




As per the legend, a village head tortured a poor for borrowed money. The poor was forced to plough an infertile land. While ploughing the ground full of rocks, the villager noticed that blood was oozing out from a particular place. There, he discovered the image of the Goddess. It is a snake hole (putru in Tamil - where snakes live) in the form of a woman in a sleeping posture with her mouth kept open, and her bulged stomach like a pregnant woman. The villagers built a temple with this putru and named the Goddess Angala Parameswari. Hence, they started calling the village Putlur the town with the divine Putru. 


Putlur Angala Parameswari temple is basically a village temple. It is visited by thousands of people. Primarily it will be tough to enter the temple during the weekends and holidays. 

The temple is tiny. It has the putru in the form of a sleeping pregnant woman with her mouth opened inside the sanctum. Additionally, the stone images of Shiva (not in the form of Linga), Ganesha, and Amman are found. Nandi is present in front of the sanctum. The temple has a prakara (corridor) with another putru (ant hole) worshipped as Goddess. There is also a small icon of Ganesha found in the passage.

When time permits, visit this unique temple.

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