Deities & Sub-Deities

Deities and Sub-Deities

Pournamikavu temple is home to several impressive and large-scale idols:

• Main Deity: The main idol of Bala Tripura Sundari Devi in her Krodha Bhadra form is the world’s largest Panjaloha idol, standing 6.5 ft tall and weighing 1300 kg.
• separate idols of 51 Akshara Devathas ( Alphabet Goddesses)
• Lord Panjamukha Ganesha: The temple houses the biggest Panjamukha Ganesha (5-faced Ganesha) monolith idol, carved from Krishna Shila, which is 8ft tall. 
• Naaga Raja: The largest Nagaraja idol carved from a single stone is 275 cm tall. There are also several dozen naaga devatha idols in the sacred grove of the temple.
• Lord Shaneeswara: There is an 18-foot-tall monolith idol of Lord Shaneeswara along with his vahana, the crow (12-foot-tall monolith idol).
• Aadhi Shakthi: 23-foot-tall monolith black marble idol and 18-foot-tall monolith idols of Goddess Durga (18-foot-tall idol) and Goddess Rajamathangi (18-foot-tall). These idols, along with a large Nandi idol (white marble stone), were made and transported from Jaipur, Rajasthan, to the Pournamikavu Temple. The idols were carved from a single marble stone, and their consecration was done by the eminent priests who came from Madurai Meenakshi Temple and Tirunelveli Tripurantheeshwarar temple.