Arulmigu Adhiparasakthi Siddhar Peetam is situated at Melmaruvathur, 92 km from Chennai (Formerly known as Madras) in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. Tamil is the place where 21 Siddhars (saints) men as well as women from different religion, had their Jeeva-Samadhis (meaning, where the Siddhars left their human forms behind, while they are still alive as holy spirits). Here in Melmaruvathur Adiparashakti Siddhar Peetam, the divine mother Adhi para sakthi transmigrates into Arulthiru Bangaru Adigalar thereby promoting spirituality and devotion.

Melmaruvathur:

With a view to show divine miracles, supernatural and spiritual powers and to talk to common man, the Adhi parasakthi had appeared in the form of Arul thiru, Bangaru Adigalar at Melmaruvathur.

Melmaruvathur is the adobe of 21 Siddhas who are said to be in Jeeva Samathi here.

All people irrespective of caste, creed, community or religion, can go inside sanctum sanctorum and worship the goddess.

Ladies also can go inside sanctorum for worshipping and perform pooja.

During Adipooram, Adigalar is doing Angaprathatchanam in the temple.

During 1st day of Navarathiri, Adigalar lights the holy Agandam.

For the welfare and betterment of the family and wipe out sins, lights are lit in the lime fruits at Nagapeetam.

In this temple. Angaprathatchanam is considered to be the best way of showing Divinity for one’s welfare.

Angaprathatchanam during Adipooram, and worshipping holy agandam in Navarathiri are considered best for Papa Vimochanam.

Where the current temple's sanctum sanctorum stands today, there was only a neem tree in the 1960s. Unlike other neem trees, which bear bitter tasting fruit, this tree secreted and dripped a sweet nectar. Residents of that village found that they had an urge in their mind to taste this nectar whenever they passed by this tree. Since many passers got cured of their illnesses and diseases after tasting this nectar, the word spread swiftly to the entire village and its neighborhood. It therefore became customary for these villagers to take a drop of this nectar to ailing friends and relatives. They treated this as a medicinal tree and protected it from grazing cattle and wood cutters.