Guest guest Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 Greetings everyone, Are the Sapta Matrikas & the Sapta Kannigal the same? The Sri Mushnam temple in India has a sanctum for the Sapta Matrikas and they are referred to as Sapta Kannigal.Likewise the Sapta Kannigal temple in Seremban,Malaysia enshrines them as Varahi,Chamundi etc in human form (varahi without the boar face)like the sudai forms we see in Mariamman temple in Singapore. Whereas in village temples in India,Sapta Kannigal are often represented in a row of seven stone bricks.If they are different from the Matrikas,I would like to know the individual names of the Kannigal. Regards, Mandir Boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Dear Shakthis Om Shakti! Sapta (Seven) Kannigal (Tamil word for Virgin)and Matrikas are one and the same. The Seven Virgin Goddesses (Sapta Kannigal or Matrikas) are the Parivaaras of Supreme Mother AadhiParaaShakti, who is the origin of all. The form in which, whether stone blocks or human forms you worship them is immaterial. It is the power of invockation in your heart that matters. In fact the human-like forms given to them also varies from temple to temple. The Vigrahas are sculptured based on the description given as mantras or songs in Khadgamala, SriVidya or other ancient scriptures. In Melmarvathoor AadhiParaaShakti Siddhar Peetam, Tamil Nadu, India (90 kms South of Chennai), there is a Sapta Kannigal Temple installed and consecretated according to the Divine Guidance of Loga Maha Guru Arulthiru Bangaaru Adigalaar, who Himself is the Divine Embodiment of Mother AadhiParaaShakti. This temple has no roof and is open to sky. Melmaruvathoor also has Temple for Maha Prityanghira Devi which has a unique history there. I will write about it in another posting. Mother Bless All. , " mandir_boy " <mandir_boy wrote: > > Greetings everyone, > > Are the Sapta Matrikas & the Sapta Kannigal the same? The Sri Mushnam > temple in India has a sanctum for the Sapta Matrikas and they are > referred to as Sapta Kannigal.Likewise the Sapta Kannigal temple in > Seremban,Malaysia enshrines them as Varahi,Chamundi etc in human form > (varahi without the boar face)like the sudai forms we see in Mariamman > temple in Singapore. Whereas in village temples in India,Sapta > Kannigal are often represented in a row of seven stone bricks.If they > are different from the Matrikas,I would like to know the individual > names of the Kannigal. > > > Regards, Mandir Boy. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naveen Ranganath Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hi All, I was searching on the details or history of sapta kanigal. Our family worships sapta kanigal as our kula devata. My great grandfather has built a temple in my village. The temple is built without any any roof. Its just a small temple with seven idols. I remember my grandmother use to tell stories of kanigal, stating that they are kanya devatas. Do you guys have any detail myth relating to it in any kind of books. Please advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MURTHHI,N Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Saptha mathas are Aides of Supreme Goddess as told in Puranas. They are Brahmi, Kaumari Vaishnavi, and others. They are Mother Goddesses. Whereas Saptha kanyas are our VIRGIN sisters BORN and DIED before their Puberty , of our fore-fathers. The Elders- the FORE FATHERS have made the dead kannigas as kula deivam and as guardians of the successors' families especially the girls. Such Kanyas of the SEVEN hereditary elders have named them as Saptha Kanyas. A sculptor of stone IDOLS, has given the names of the SAPTHA KANYAS as:: 1.Pattaragai kanya, 2. Deva Kanya, 3. Padma Kanya, 4. Sindhu Kanya, 5. Akatha Kanya, 6. Vana Kanya, 7. Sumathi Kanya. I am searching for more details. I request those who know more can share...... NOTE:: In every community in the Dravidian culture SAPTHA KANYAS worship is being done as kula deiva valipadu.OR Guardian worship. in our community- 24- Manai Telugu Chettiar 8- Veedu (Makkadayar kothram) we have recently on 14/11/2013, reconstructed and performed kumbabishekham for Seedevi, Boodevi,Samedha Kambaperumal Swamy alongwith Saptha kannigal, at Pungawadi village near ATTUR, in Salem Dt. of TamilNadu, an ABODE where all your Prayers (especially Marriage for the unmarried boys and girls, BOON of child to expectant Mothers.)are answered and fulfilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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