The deity, believed to have manifested of its own in the form of clay has been reportedly worshipped by the villagers, in the same place which was jungle area several centuries ago. Several stories float on its origin, all of which are word of mouth stories only. The origin and history of this temple is unclear and sketchy. It is situated at a distance of 10 km from Kollidam River in Tiruchy. Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman temple is located in Tamil Nadu. The extent of belief and fear on Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman is so deep that even by mistake if someone casually uttered that they would visit Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman temple to offer prayers for one reason or the other, without fail they would visit the temple at least once in their lifetime to offer prayer to the Goddess even if their prayer had not been fulfilled, lest it will be viewed as insult by the deity and severe problems in many forms will haunt their family or in their own life. Kannanur Lord Siva bestowed her with thousand eyes and thus she automatically got the powers to cure the Small Pox and Chicken Pox diseases as the boils of Small Pox and Chicken Pox were likened to smaller eyes of Goddess Parvathi. Kannanur and when Samayapuram Devi Mariamman manifested as aspect of Goddess Parvathi in S. On way wherever parts of her body fell they became Sakthi Peeda. The reason behind Lord Siva bestowing such powers to cure the dreaded Pox diseases to Devi Samayapuram Mariamman is connected with the Puranic legend in which when Goddess Parvathi committed suicide and her body carried away by Lord Siva. Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman has been bestowed with the powers to not only bring rains but she is also considered to be the sole authority in the divine world to cure the dreaded diseases like Small Pox and Chicken Pox. Thus Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman is viewed emanation of Goddess Parvathi. However Goddess Kali is again an aspect of Goddess Parvathi only. Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman is also considered to be the aspect of Goddess Kali because any Goddess Mariamman has fierce appearance in general. Therefore the deity that graces like continuous rain was called i.e. Amman in Tamil denotes female deity and Mari refers to rain. Since Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman is considered to be the chief of Goddess Mariammans worshiped in several parts of the world under different names and appearances, people visit Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman temple too. Once the patient got cured they took them to one of the Goddess Mariamman temples and made food offerings especially meant for Goddess Mariamman. People went to the temples and prayed to Goddess Mariamman seeking her grace to get cured of it early. She is family deity of many devotees who throng here from several parts of the world seeking her grace to get several desires fulfilled, get cured of long standing ailments, and protection from getting afflicted with the dreaded diseases like Small Pox or Chicken Pox which had taken several lives in the past centuries when no medication was available. You will hardly find anyone who has not heard about this temple. Mariamman is an aspect of Goddess Parvathi and the powers she possesses have been bestowed by Lord Siva. Goddess Samayapuram Mariamman Temple, one of the most amongst the two is a famous Mariamman shrine in Tamilnadu. There are two separate temples connected to Goddess Samayavaram Mariamman.