Yet another story is that, Renuka devi jumped into the funeral fire of her Husband, Lord Shiva rescued her by pouring down the rain. From that day onwards she was worshipped by all the women folks. And thus Renuka was brought back to life but her anger on Jamadagi formed as a great power inside her and transformed her into Goddess Mariamman. Parasurama using his boon demanded for his mother back. Under duress, Parasuram behead his own mother, pleased by his act Sage Jamadangi offer Parasuraman a boon. This incident came to the knowledge of Sage Jamadangi, he was very furious and ordered his son Parasuraman to behead his mother Renuka devi’s head. As she was fetching water, the Gandharva the most handsome god passed across the sky and Renuka devi got a glimpse of his beautiful face and fell for him for just a moment. She was blessed with a power to create pots out of river sand. The legend has it that, Renukadevi the wife of Sage Jamadagni, went to the river to fetch water. People believe that this Amman will help them at the right moment and time. The origin of this temple is still now a mystery, the name Samayapurathu Amman refers that, The ‘Goddess of help at perfect timing’. Samayapuram is at the distance of 17 km from Trichy. Apart from that, silver idols of body parts are also offered by the devotees to get relief from their diseases and pain. Gold Mangalsutras are found in large numbers in the Hundi, people having problems in marriage life or obstacles in marriage offer gold Mangalsutra to the goddess. This temple holds the second place in earning high revenue for the Temple department in Tamilnadu. The Main tower (Raja Kopuram) is adorned with gold plates, in day time the tower shines brightly and stunningly.
The Amman in this temple resembles the great Goddess Chamundeshwari at Mysore.