*Like most Tamil temples the main festival is during the start of the summer, generally in April. * Thai Poosam, usually occurring in the Tamil month of Thai. Title = Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration Department]. Later, the control was split and currently Samayapuram is under an independent trust monitored by the Government of Tamil Nadu, which also monitors the 'annadanam' distribution (an act of offering food to the devotees). Originally it was under the management of the Thiruvanaikaval temple, a popular one in the region.

It is believed that they made a commitment to build the temple if they win the war and after attaining success they built a shrine for the Goddess. The idol was moved outside Srirangam, and later found by some of the passerby who built a temple named, the Kannanur Mariamman temple.ĭuring that period (around 17th century CE), Trichi was ruled by the Vijayanagar kings and the area was used as an army base. It is a common belief in that part of the region that such local Gods have immense powers and they must always be satisfied by proper offerings and sacrifices. One legend says that the present deity was at the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam, and one of chief priests of the temple believed that the idol caused him illness and hence asked it to be removed from the temple. Title = Chennai Online's article on Samayapuram] There is scant history of the period before that though it is believed that the locals worship the Goddess for many centuries before building the current temple.

In early 18th century, King Vijayaraya Chakkaravarthi built the present day form of the temple. Offerings of raw salt is also made to the Goddess by the rural devotees.Also samayapuram is the second most wealthy(in terms of cash flows) temple in tamilnadu after palani. Title = Facts about Samayapuram] The temple attracts hundreds of devotees on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, the holy days for Mariamman.

Fact|date=February 2007 Devotees also offer ' mavilakku,' (Tamil - மாவிளக்கு) a sweet dish made of jaggery, rice flour and ghee. Title = South Indian temples] and hence, 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. It is believed by the devotees that the Goddess has enormous powers over curing illnesses [ cite web

The main deity, 'Samayapurathal' or ' Mariamman' is made of sand and clay like many of the traditional Mariamman deities, and hence unlike many other Hindu deities there are no ' abhishekams' (sacred washing) conducted to the main deity, but instead to the small stone statue in front of it. Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is a Hindu temple in Samayapuram near Trichy in Tamil Nadu, India.

Samayapuram amman