The news of a lemon selling for ₹13,000 in an auction in Tamil Nadu’s Erode District’s Modakkurichi Taluk, has made eyes pop.
Pazhandhinni Karuppanna Eeswarar Temple is a very famous temple that is present in the Vilakkethi village of Erode’s Modakkurichi Taluk. This temple is said to belong to a Siddhar, who was considered to be a very powerful entity. Here, on the eve of Shivratri, a special puja is held for two days every year.
On the second day of the festival, the regular puja was done following which an auction took place. The lemon placed in the puja was auctioned off. A devotee from Vilakkedhi bought the auctioned lemon for ₹13,000.
In a similar incident that happened in 2016, a sacred lemon was auctioned by a temple and it fetched an unbelievable price of ₹39,000. This happened in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, as a part of the Panguni Uthiram festival. A report in the Times of India stated that it is a custom of the temple authorities to auction “the fruit spiked on the spear of the deity, Lord Muruga, at the Balathandayuthapani temple during the last day of the 11-day festival in Tiruvanainallur.” The significance of this fruit was that the villagers strongly believed that whoever possesses it, would bring prosperity to themselves and couples would beget children. The successful bid was made by a couple named Jayaraman and Amaravathi.
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