Visitors hand-feeding the wild boars.
Visitors rubbing four-digit number on the boar’s body to have better
chances to strike it big.
Prayer at the holy
temple: 
Long queue of devotees waiting in line to offer prayer to Lord Muneesvarar,
also known as the God of Warrior.
Devotees offer prayer with lighted joss-sticks, lotus-shaped candles and
flowers.
A stall in the temple compound selling flowers and prayer items.
Crowd of devotees and visitors mingling around. The white building on the
left in the background is the Om Sakthi Sri Jada Muneesvarar Alayam temple.
The night scene at the temple compound with bigger crowd of devotees and
visitors.
How To Get There: The
temple is easily located.
Know the Tesco hypermarket
landmark in Jalan Istana Larut, Kamunting, Taiping, Perak.
Behind Tesco Taiping is this motorcycle showroom painted red called
PutraBikes located along Jalan Kamunting. The back of Tesco Taiping
building is seen on your right. Notice the hill behind the showroom.
Take the side road named Jalan Anak Bukit next to PutraBike showroom. You
can see the hill facing you. From here, go straight for about 60 metres
before taking the only left turn where you see a row of single terrace
houses on your right. Go a little further before you turn right into a
short lane between the houses......
.... go a little towards the end of the lane and you will see this big
yellow signboard indicating the temple is on your left. Follow the arrow
sign and ....
..... hey presto, the white temple building is right before your eyes! You
can park your car here on this dirt road.
Thre is a banner hung above the temple area informing visitors not to bring
their own food to feed the wild boars. The temple prepared the food for the
wild boars. Good luck to you.
The Om Sakthi Sri Jada Muneesvarar Alayam Indian temple located at the
foothill behind Tesco Taiping hypermarket in Kamunting, Taiping, Perak
is drawing big crowd of visitors and tourists daily since words spread that
many had struck rich winning four-digit numbers (lottery) after touching or
stroking the wild boars that turned up at the temple grounds from the
secondary jungle in the hills to feed on rice food prepared by temple
volunteers.
The temple has gained the name Lucky Wild Boar Temple because the wild
boars have brought good luck to people who touched them and seek their
blessings.
The main deity at the Om Sakthi Sri Jada Muneesvarar Alayam temple is Lord
Muneesvarar also known as the God of Warrior who rides a horse. It is said
that the wild boars at the temple belonged to Lord Muneesvarar. Protected
by Lord Muneesvarar, the wild boars are said to have special powers to
bring good luck to those who seek its blessings. Strangely the wild boars
do not look aggressive and allow visitors to caress or stroke its bodies.
When I arrived at the temple about 6.00 pm on Saturday 2nd May, there was a
carnival-like atmosphere with stalls selling an assortment of Indian
delicacies, flowers and prayer items. Two men wearing light green
reflective jackets were seen directing vehicles to open parking space. A
woman was spotted canvassing for donation to a charitable organization.
A long line of about 50 devotees was already forming to offer prayers to
Lord Muneesvarar and the queue gets longer by the minutes.
At the barricade erected to separate the wild boars and the visitors, there
was already a crowd of about 300 people waiting patiently for the wild
boars to turn up from the secondary jungle in the hills. It was a scene of
frenzied activity when the first few wild boars appeared and followed later
by a bigger herd.
The
crowd is seen pushing, shoving and stretching out their hands through the
wooden barricade with many either holding pieces of white paper with
numbers written on it; or ringgit notes of value RM1, RM5 or RM10
denomination; or lottery tickets such as 4-D/Da Ma Cai/Toto and using them
to rub against the wild boars. Some even use bare hands to touch and rub
the body. The wild boars seem to enjoy all the attention given to them.
By 7.30 pm it was already dark and the crowd had swelled into more than a
thousand people as more wild boars about 40 - 50 of them turned up to be
fed after hearing the sounds of the temple bell which is rung every
evening. So I guess its dinner time for the wild boars when they hear the
temple bell sounds! The temple and barricade area is lighted up with
fluorescent lamps.
How It Began: According to a local resident, the phenomenon started a few years ago when
a local Chinese electrician carried out some electrical work at the
isolated temple. He stroked the wild boars and won numerous four-digit
number prizes. With the prize money he had won and saved, he donated
RM5,000 to the temple.
At that time there was hardly
any visitor except for those who came to pray at the temple. On hearing
this, many local Taiping residents who came to touch the wild boar for good
luck also reported to have strike it big. Soon words spread like wild fire
with visitors from as far as Thailand and Singapore thronging the temple
daily in hundreds and could swell into thousands on weekends and public holidays.
Unpleasant
Incidents: A local resident reminded visitors to the temple to behave themselves
and respect the sanctity of the holy temple and the wild boars! It is said
that the wild boars at the temple belonged to Lord Muneesvarar. So a word
of caution is: Do not disturb the wild boars at the temple.
She recalled an incident where a visitor suddenly sprawled on the ground
with his four limbs and uttered a high-pitched cry, as if crying, and
behaved with characteristic of pigs after beating the wild boar. He uttered
strange sounds that nobody could understand. Fortunately he recovered
quickly and was back to his normal self standing on his two feet after
offering prayer of apology and forgiveness to the temple God.
She also recalled of a man who suddenly became seriously ill and vomited
blood after he took home a young wild boar without permission from the
temple. Miraculously he recovered with a clean bill of health after
returning the animal.
Sun Dec 16, 2012 2:48 am by 
Subject: Lucky Wild Boars (Pigs) at Indian Temple in Taiping a new tourist attraction 
