This temple was built during the pandys dynasty of the 6th century. This is regarded as the most auspicious place for conducting marriages. This is the only place where the main pooja is done for “VEL” for its predominant significance and not for the deity. This is the place where he got married to Devayani (Indra’s Daughter)who is the daughter of the king of heaven as a result of his victory over soorapadman defeated in war. This is considered as the first shrine among 6 abodes of Murugan. NOTE: Those who visit all the 6 shrines of lord muruga should tonsure their head with the imitation of pazhani deity.Īrupadai Alagan Murugan Brass Statue THIRUPARANKUNDRAM: He has also got various other names for various specific reasons behind them.Some of them are Kumara, Subramanya, Aaiyyan, Cheyyon, Senthil, Velan, Kandan, Kathirvel, Mahasena, Brahmanya, Vadivela, Vishakan (born under the star visakam), Swaminathan (ruler of gods), Saravanabhava (born among the reeds), Arumugam/ Shanmugam (6 faced lord), Dhandapani (wielder of mace), Guha (cave/secret), Guruguha (cave teacher), Skanda (leaper/ attacker) and so on. People offer various kinds of poojas, kavadis,paal kudam, undergo various virathams, and pierce their face in order to please him to get his blessings for their wellness of life. At some portrayals he is in the form of 1 head or 6 heads because of certain legends behind it. TRAITS OF LORD MURUGAīorn on Vishaka star, he is portrayed as a handsome young youthful man with indian peacock, weapons and roaster in his flag, along with his two consorts valli and devayani. It is believed that on karthigai deepam, Ma Parvati devi together as a whole made the 6 babies as one called Arumugan with 6 faces and 12 hands. 6 celestial nymphs called Karthigai pengal was created to raise up each baby (Siva, Sabhuti, Priti, Sanmati, Anasuya, Ksama). Each sparks is created a baby on the lotus with 6 primary faces called Tatpurusham, Aghoram, Sadyojatam, Vamadevam, Easanam and Adhomukam. Lord Muruga is considered to be created from the six fire sparks representing 6 stars that came from the third eye of Lord Shiva ( Dula, Nitutni, Abhrayanti, Varshayanti, Meghayanti, Chipunika) which is deposited on the Saravana Poigai.(Sa, Ra, Va, Na, Ba, Va). As manmadhan disturbed Shiva’s meditation, he got destroyed from the forehead eye fire of an angry shiva known as kamadhaganam. As Shiva for under meditation and embraced with his consort, the devas sent Manmadhan to divert him in order to make some arrangements to protect them. Once a wicked asuran called Soorabadman was controlling the people under his evil grip and nobody can defeat him as he got the boon from lord shiva. BIRTH OF MURUGAN :Ī legend behind the birth of muruga describes that he was created mainly for the purpose of destroying the evil demons who make the people and devas suffer a lot. He is also found to be noted in ancient north, Buddhism, theravada, Mahayana, sri lanka, China, Jainism and so on.
Besides he is also worshiped throughout the world wherever there are tamilians.
He can be traceable in ancient vedic texts and eras, mainly in and around tamil nadu from sangam age. He is known as the Guru of universal guru and called gyana pandita by poetess avvaiyar for his authority and wisdom. He is the son of Lord shiva and Goddess parvati and his brother is Lord Ganesha.īeing a greatest philosopher cum warrior who was created in order to destroy the evil demon on the earth who torture the living beings has also teached the mankind with the meaning and ethics of life and also the theology of the saiva siddhantham. He is the god head with exceptional bravery, courage, valour along with supreme intelligence and knowledge. Lord Muruga – The God of War or The Guardian God, is the dominant Tamil deity in a form of a beautiful young man.