Muniyandi Swami's temple is located at Valayankulam, 23km from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, where chicken biryani and mutton biryani are given to the devotee as prasad! Muniyandi, also known as Munishwar, is worshiped in this temple as another form of Shiva.
This has been happening in this temple in Tamil Nadu since 1983. Every year on the Friday and Saturday of the third week of January, a grand festival is held at the Muniyandi Swami Temple where chicken and mutton biryani are offered to the visitors.
Every year in Vadakkampatti in Thirumangalam taluk of Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district organizes this unique temple festival.
In South Tamilnadu, the Muniyandi festival is celebrated as people pray regional deities of Tamil Nadu, were worshippers of Lord Shiva and his female counterpart Shakti. The Muniyandi communal claim the fest to be an extraordinary event of their lives as it brings up a sense of friendship, integrity, and an act of indebtedness. Here, the fund is raised, from both the public and the people connected with the festival.
Approximately four tonnes of rice were used for annadhanam at the temple this year, which took place multiple times on Friday and Saturday. In the year 2019 tonnes of rice were used to prepare the mutton biryani as prasad to the Devotees. A total number of 100 goats were offered as a thanksgiving to the temple which went into the making of the Biryani, and, 600 roosters were sacrificed for preparing the gravy to be offered with the prasad.
More than 50 vessels on firewood stoves the Biriyani is cooked all through the night and offered to the deity at around 4 am, after which the first batch is served at 5 am. People believe that not only the people but also Lord Muniyandi – the diety, is a fan of biryani Prasad.
0 Comments