Arulmigu Arai Kasu Amman.India has many temples and our life style is also connected with our religion.
Our big and famous temples have enough literature and money for their support.
My aim is to bring notice of the small temples which are very powerful and beautiful. Also I have visited them and got some real experience.
The original Araikkasu amman (also called Brigadhambal) koil is in Pudukkottai, in a place called kokarneshwaram. She is called Arai kasu Amman because the Tondaiman rulers of Pukkottai has a circular copper coin with the image of Goddess Brhadambal seated on one side. This 'amman kasu" was minted first in 1738. See an old newspaper article for more information on this:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/yw/2003/07/05/stories/2003070500970200.htm
The other Arai Kasu Amman temple that I visited is very close to Vandaloor zoo on the national high way from Chennai. Turn left when you reach the zoo and travel about 5 k.m.
Just as in the other temple in Pudukkottai, here too people believe that when you have lost some thing or misplaced and cannot find pray to this Amman and offer her jaggery (vellam in Tamil or gud in Hindi) or panagam. Whatever you have lost you will get and when you get it you are supposed to go the temple and give vellam, oil, or what ever you want to offer the Amman.
My personal experience- about 35 years ago when my husband bought a diamond stud for my daughter he also bought me 6 small stones so that I can make what ever I want. It was in the locker all the time.
Last year my daughter visited me she wanted to go to the jeweler’s shop. I took diamond from the locker and went with her but did not make anything. And I had completely forgotten about it. By seeing some ring on someone's finger the idea came to make a ring with the 6 diomonds but I had no idea where it was. Checked all the lockers and searched the whole house. No use.
We went as a day out trip with some friends and visited this temple and prayed - I got the diamonds in a purse in my cupboard which I have searched almost four times!
