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Karaikkal Ammaiyar Guru Puja 2027: March 24, Mount Vernon

காரைக்கால் அம்மையார் · पंगुनी, स्वाती

🪔 Karaikkal Ammaiyar: Guru Puja
पंगुनी, स्वाती · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
பெருமிழலைக் குறும்பற்கும் பேயார்க்கும் அடியேன்
"am the slave to Perumiḻaikkuṟumpar and Pēyār; Pēyār is Karaikkālammaiyār;"
Thevaram 7.39.4 (lines 4), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=4&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)

Punithavathi, daughter of the merchant Dhanadattan of Karaikkal, gave one of two mangoes sent home by her husband Paramadattan to a hungry devotee. When her husband asked for the second, Shiva gave her a fruit in answer to her prayer; her frightened husband left her as one divine.

She prayed to give up her beauty and was given the form of a pey (ghost). She climbed Kailasa on her hands, Shiva called her "Ammai" (Mother), and she sings at His feet at Thiruvalangadu.

Guru Puja monthपंगुनी
Guru Puja starस्वाती
BirthplaceKaraikkal
Also known asPunithavathi, Peyar
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)
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