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Coventry Arulmighu Siva Muthumariamman Temple (Devasthanam) is a First Tamil Hindu Temple in Coventry, West Midlands which has started during the month of December 2009. Siva Muthumariamman Devasthanam (Temple) was started by Mr Nathan Rahulan as a “Saiva Samaya Narpani Manram”, where the devotees united and offered prayers. The primary deities worshiped at this temple is Muthumariamman and Shivan, a well known manifestation of Shiva and Parvathi. The temple also houses shrines to other major Hindu deities Varasakthi Vinayagar, Subramaniar, Kanaga Durga, Dharma Sastha, Veera Anjaneyar, Srinivasa Perumal, Varahi Amman, Mahaperiyava, Shridi Sai Baba,Navagraha and their consorts.

Temple runs religious and cultural school, which provides Hindu traditions, History, Languages, Literature and Music for children a strong sense of values which will give to the world a future generation that is a rock solid in righteous living which will hold their own strengths within a global structure. The temple also provides religious discourses and has provision to perform public rituals and ceremonies such as naming, marriage and other events.

Festivals of the Temple (Devasthanam) is conducted every year such as Masi Magam (Conch Abishekam), Panguni uthiram (Shiva Parvathi Holy Wedding), Chitra Pournami, Vaikasi visakam, Ani Uthiram, Adi Pooram (Milk Pot Procession), Annual Festival (Chariot Procession) beautifully decorated cart pulled by devotees around designated streets of Coventry, Navarathri (Dasara) 10 days festival, Gowri Kappu, Varalakshmi Viratham, Kubera Pooja, Kanda Sasthi and so on...

Through the years since the temple’s inception, many devotees have flocked to see Siva Muthumariamman to shower her with their love and devotion. In Coventry Siva Muthumariamman Temple (Devasthanam), devotees have experienced many miracles and throng every week to participate in the pujas and other special functions that are conducted throughout the year. Incurable diseases are cured here. Infertile body becomes fertile here. Family problems are solved here. Proper spouse selections are matched here. Happiness and peaceful life are warranted here. Many unbelievable miracles are taking place in our life when we worship Goddess Siva Muthumariamman at Coventry. It is a ritual to buy small metallic replicas, made with silver or steel, of various body parts that need to be cured, and these are deposited in the donation box.Siva Muthumariamman at Coventry has told the Arulvakkuto many devotees and solved problems. Every significant event in their lives, such as the purchase of a new home or a wedding or the birth of a child, the purchase of a new car, etc.,are celebrated by obtaining the blessings of Divine Mother Siva Muthumariamman.

The Goddess Siva Muthumariamman is very powerful, devotees wishes are fulfilled by the Goddess. Devotees vary with different wishes, seeking wedding, child, job, health and solution for family problems etc. Persons affected by Chickenpox and Smallpox come to this place and pray the Goddess for speedy recovery. Divine Water is sprinkled on them after Pooja and they get recovered very quickly. The Divine Water is stored in a big bowl which people take as Prasad and medicine for curing small pox and vision related problems. Those facing skin problems offer Salt as prayer commitment. Many light lamps in lime fruit cups.

Devotees offer prayer by rolling themselves around the Shrine (Moolasthanam) known as body circumbulation (Angapradatchinam.), carry fire pots and mavilakku, offer Kanmalar – a copper or silver piece engraved with eye symbol.

By lighting 23 lamps, people pray to her to attain rank in studies. Devotees offer new sari to Mother Amman, pongal – pudding nivedhana, lime fruit garlands perform abishekam and light lamps in the shrine.

Women worship Coventry Siva Muthumariamman on Monday, Tuesdays and Fridays for a match of their liking and imagination with all longevity to their mangal sutras during their whole life span. This is their staunch belief. For child boon, women pray in the temple continuously for nine Fridays. Mavillaku – Light offering for overflowing happiness one main forms of expressive devotion. This act of divine love has transformed the lives of many yearning devotees, who return year after year to pay obeisance to their endearing Mother, Goddess Coventry Siva Muthumariamman.

Lamps of Sweet Flour, that helps ensure Longevity. Lamps made of rice flour, it with wicks and offered in a manner unseen elsewhere in the South India, placed on the devotee’s body. Spiritual Agni resides in each human and this Act of penance re-ignites the divine force within.

Men and Women here in our Temple, perform a Physical circumbulation, where they lay Prostrated and in circular movements, go in rounds around Amman’s holy garbagraham that Verberate with the divine elements that lay scattered within and beyond Her perimeter.

The temple (Devasthanam) is a non-profit organisation.