Two Goddess Temples in Northern Germany



Photo © 2004 Annette Wilke/The Pluralism Project



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Interior of the Sri Kamadchi temple. In the foreground: consecration ceremony of the new flag post performed by the chief priest and founder of the temple, Sri Paskaran Kurukkal. At the back: sanctum (garbhagrha) of the goddess Kamakshi (Kamadchi). Its entrance is flanked by two colorfully painted sculptures representing female guardian deities. The temple is one of the rare ones in Germany having full-time priests. The priests belong to a (extended) priestly family of Sri Lankan Viracaivas of the Jaffna pensinsula. Regular pujas take place three times a day. Photo: 14.6.2003.