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Instead, the Linga is merely pasted with a kind of must called 'Punuhu' during valarpirai Pradosham. Hence abishekam to Linga using water is avoided. Even today everyone can see the impression of jasmine creepers which once covered it. The Lord of this place is called 'Mullaivananathar'(meaning lord in jasmine forest). Those pregnancies are well protected and the women are blessed with safe and trouble free deliveries. Thus at this sacred place childless people who worship the Goddess with devotion and faith are blessed with pregnancy.
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This Tank exists even now in the name of 'Ksheerakundam' Kamadhenu scratched the earth in front of the temple with her hoof and milk came out in plenty from the ground and it formed into a 'Milk Tank'. Later while Vedikai had no mother's milk to feed her child Naidhuruvan, answering her prayers Goddess sent 'Kamadhenu' the divine cow to this place to feed the child. Due to this fame this place came to be known as 'Thirukarukavur' i.e., the place where pregnancy is protected and also the place where childless couples are blessed with children. The Goddess accepted her prayer and remains here as 'Garbharakshambigai' meaning 'savior of foetus'. Struck by this great act of benevolence of the Almighty Goddess, the immensely grateful Vedikai prayed to the Goddess to remain in this place and protect women and their foetus as she had done in her case. The parents named their child as 'Naidhuruvan'. The Goddess appeared before her, protected the fetus, preserved it in a sacred pot until it developed into a male child and presented it to the devoted couple.
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Shocked Vedikai prayed to the Goddess in great distress. Due to the curse, her fetus got disintegrated and descended. The sage was enraged at this apparent indifference and cursed her without knowing the exact reason for her silence. Due to her unconscious state of mind, she did not respond to that sage's request. At this moment, a sage by name Sri.Urdhuvapada came to her abode and asked for alms. Vedikai got conceived.ĭuring her later stage of pregnancy and while her husband Nidhruva was away from home she was in a faint state due to the strain of pregnancy. The couple did that with intense devotion and their prayers got answered. The sages advised the couple to worship Sri Garbarakshambigai. Since the couple had no children they represented this to the sages. A couple by name Nidhruva and Vedikai stayed in the same ashram and rendered service to the sages. In the distant past two sages by the name of Gowthama and Gargeya did penance at this place called 'MULLAIVANAM' ie. History Greatness of the Goddess Arulmigu Garbarakshambigai:
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