Kani Means wetland and pakkam means flow of water in to
wetland. According this is known as Kanipaakam and the history of the temple
there were three brothers and each one had handicap one is Dumd, one is Deaf
and other one is Blind they were earning out their livelihood by cultivating a
small piece of land
In olden
days water was drawn from the well by way of Piccot System as one of them used
to irrigate the field through the channels, the other used to ply on the
Piccota. On one such a day they found water was dried from the well and they
could no longer cultivate and do their job one of them got into the well and
start digging it up. He was taken aback to see
his iron rod hitting a stone like formation later he was shocked to see
the blood Was oozing out from it. With in a second the entire water was turn
into red blood color. Thus startled by this divine sight all three became
normal getting rid of their deformities. As soon as villagers came to know
about this miracle they get in to the well and tried to deepen the well
further. Their attempt proved they found the swayambhu idol (self manifested)
of lord ganesha emerged from the sirling water.
Ultimately they do prayer and offer number of coconut and shown maha
magalharathi. For SWAYAMBU they tendered number of coconuts. The coconut water
flowed in to the channel to the distance of more than one and a quarter acres. The
indication of this led to the modification in the tamil word KANIPARAKAM and
later it pronounced as KANIPAKKAM. Even today the idol is in the original well
and the springs of the well are perennial and the eternal during rainy season
the holy water from the well over flows even today.
Another miracle about the
idol is still it is growing in size. At present we can see the knees and the
abdomen of the idol. the holy water from the well is offer to devotees as
thirtham. The swayambhu idol of kanipakkam is up holder of truth. Day to day
disputes between people is resolved by taking a special oath. The people in the
dispute take holy dip in the temple tank and swear before the lord.
Thus the glory of lrod SRI VARASIDDI
VINAYAKAR spread wide
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