As the board exams are nearing there is a sudden increase in every single thing around a student. Let it be the tension, let it be the hours of study or the crowd in the Yoga Hayagreeva temple.
This temple located in Chettipunyam on the GST Road at about 3 kms away from the famed Singaperumal koil is one many students visit to offer prayers before the exams.
The main deity is Hayagreeva who is supposed to be the guru of the godess of learning, Saraswathi. The temple is small but is a favourite of students. People flow into the temple with math books, pencil boxes, pens, hall tickets and any kind of stationery they would use during the exams.
The stationery are given to the priest of temple to place it at the foot of the deity and get them blessed. They also pray for knowledge, memory and marks.
The uniqueness of the temple is that Lord Hayagreeva is seen in meditating pose whereas in general the god is seen seated with goddess Lakshmi. The other deities in the temple include Lord Rama and Lord Devanantha.
The temple walls are engraved with names, register numbers, the expected marks or percentage and so on.
But there goes a saying; ‘You do your best and God will do the rest’.