Arulmigu Somappa Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi — Attraction in Madurai

Somappa Swamigal, a great Siddha Purushar, came around 1920 to Thirukkoodal Malai, when Mayandi Swamigal has well settled in Thirukkoodal Malai under the affectionate care of Thiru Irulappa Konar. His arrival was sensed by Mayandi Swamigal, and Mayandi Swamigal asked Irulappa Konar to take full care of Somappa Swamigal. Since then and upto the Maha Samadhi of Somappa Swamigal in 1968 Irulappa Konar and his descendents Sethumadhava Konar and Ramalinga Konar fed Somappa Swamigal with the same care and respect as they did for Mayandi Swamigal.

Many devotees including Muthuramalinga Thevar used to visit Somappa Swamigal in Thirukkoodal Malai. Somappa Swamigal used to call all the devotees by his own name “Somappa”. He has blessed many devotees with children, professional glory, and wealth.

When Mayandi Swamigal attained Mahasamadhi, Somappa Swamigal stood near the body and looked at the body intensively. At that time people noticed a smile at the lips of Mayandi Swamigal. Then Somappa Swamigal fled away towards the hill shouting “Somappa never dies”.

His Samadhi Koil is on the Thirukkoodal Malai at a height of around 50 feet. It is on the path way to Thandapani Temple at the top of the hill. His aradhana day is celebrated every year in the Tamil month of Aani by a large of...

A nice temple and calm temple where there are 2 routes. A small road route is there, and small steps also there are not more than 50 steps. The temple is over a small hill from there you can see the sky view of the city Madurai. Parking facilities separately are not there, on the road only, the parking and the road ends on the temple, so if you come by Car can park down if you come by bike you can go up just 1...

Thiruparakundram has multiple jeeva samathis, if you're new to this area and love seeing siddhar samathis you can spend a entire day by visiting these places 1) Macha Muni siddhar 2) Mukaiha siddhar 3) Kattikulam Mayandi Siddhar 4) sommapa swamigal 5)Mootai swamigal , if you are looking to spend a nice evening time in a siddhar temple i highly recommend to see...