Ayyappan Temple, Trichy
Ayyappan Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord
Ayyapan, son of Lord Shiva located at Trichy Cantonment in Trichy City is
Trichy District of Tamilnadu. The Ayyappan Temple is
located at Cantonment, Tiruchirappalli. Ayyappan statue is 50 feet tall and
magnificence appearance located towards the east. The two main objectives of
the temple are cleanliness and silent. The temple has big meditation hall of
about 100 devotees can seated at the time for meditation. The special feature
of the temple is treating all peoples equally without any discrimination.
Foreigners
are also permitted to worship. It has clean green environment that helps people
to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. This Ayyappan temple is very cleanly
maintained with full of green plants and good pathway all around. Also, there
are many stone slabs erected with inscribed quotes on mother by great persons.
Another special thing is that there are many small stones collected from holy
rivers and holy places all over the world placed on many small platforms along
with the respective names of the rivers and places.
Every
day pooja is being conducted to these stones as well. It is said that having Dharshan
of this collection of holy stones in one place will remove hurdles in one’s
life and make them prosper. Apart from the main deity Ayyappan, the other
deities in the premises are Kannimoola Ganapathy, Sakthi Vinayagar, Bhagavathi Amman
and Navagraha. There is a letter box to God and the letters to the divine will
be presented before Ayyappan on Uthra star day of every month with prayers. The
temple is noted for various periodical puja for various shrines.
The Aayilyam
puja for Nagaraja is one among them. Falling in the Aayilyam star in the Tamil
almanac every month, women devotees bring turmeric to Lord Nagaraja. The Trichy
Ayyappa Sangam has set up a couple of stone grinders for facilitating the
devotees to grind the turmeric. They can grind the turmeric on the spot and offer
it to the Lord. The temple offers various services to the weaker section. It organizes
yoga classes and blood donation camps. A weekly blood donation camp will be
organised for six weeks on Sundays.
Temple
Opening Time
The
Temple remains open from 05.00 a.m. to 10.50 a.m. & 05.00 p.m. to 08.50
p.m.
Connectivity
The Temple is located at about 650 meters from Trichy
District Court Bus Stop, 750 meters from Trichy Government Hospital Bus Stop, 6
Kms from Trichy Chatram Bus Stand, 1 Km from Trichy Central Bus Stand, 3 Kms
from Trichy Railway Station, 10 Kms from Srirangam and 8 Kms from Trichy
Airport.
Location
