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Sri Murugan Abodes
LORD MURUGA'S TEMPLE AROUND INDIA.
Kandha kottam- Chennai
Lord Muruga when he was a mere child, forsook the world and left Kailas, the abode of his Father God Shiva, to travel to Palani in a loin cloth to perform a penance of righteous indignation at not being given the mango fruit for which he and his elder brother Lord Ganesa competed. The action of Lord Muruga was one of great philosophical import and is not to be confused with the urge of mortals to abjure the material. In order to infuse meaning into the day to day material life of samsara, Lord Muruga imparted a profound message to a savant of South India over three centuries ago. The fruit of this message is today enshrined in a remarkable temple found in the heart of Chennai metro’s commercial hub; the evening bazaar or the rattan bazaar. This shrine is none other than the Arulmigu Shri Kandaswamy temple known popularly as Kandha Kottam. Situated in Rasappa Chetty Street, in George Town, the temple is an excellent proof of the congenial togetherness of worship and worldly responsibility, commerce and spirituality. Over 350 years ago lived a man called Vellore Marichettiar who didn’t feel inclined to pursue a life of commerce. He didn’t want to marry and get caught in the web of samsara and yearned to lead a life of denial and penance. Being an Ayira Vaisya Chettiar, it was his dharma to pursue a commercial vocation but Mari Chettiar was firm in his resolve, till one day God Muruga himself conveyed to him a message that a life of grahastha with love towards a co human being was a divine ordinance. 
Mari Chettiar thereafter became a grahastha and an ardent devotee of Lord Muruga. He used to travel by foot every Krithigai to Tirporur to have darshan of Lord Muruga. On one such occasion, when Mari Chettiar was resting under a Neem tree on his way to Tiruporur, Lord Muruga appeared before him in the form of a cobra and indicated to him the presence of His vigraha under the tree. Mari Chettiar and his friend immediately started digging under the tree and found a stone vigraha of Lord Kandhaswamy. Though the vigraha was heavy, the lord made it light and enabled his dear devotee to carry it all the way to its present location in Chennai. Pledging his wife’s jewels, Mari Chettiar built a temple for the Lord and since that day the community of Ayira Vaisya Chettiars have endowed generously to the extension, upkeep and expansion of this temple. The past years have seen a number of munificent efforts from the devotees in the field of art, culture and education under the aegis of this temple. From the road one can only see the Raja gopuram with the rest of the façade being shops and shops galore; a typical metro temple one can say; indicative of the commercial milieu of the temple trustees. The main deity - Lord Kandhaswami with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, with his Vel and his pennant; with a mien filled with shanta swaroopam and his abhaya hastam showering grace on his devotees, is a balm to the weary mind. The utsavar, in this temple, is Shri Muthukumaraswami. In 1988, the Kumbhabhishekam of this temple was conducted with great devotion, fervour and grandeur. The temple is open in the morning and evening and attracts a large number of devotees from near and far. Kandhan is said to be the repository of mercy and Kandha Kottam, which is the bastion of this merciful warrior, is a haven and refuge for the suffering devotee.
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ARU PADAI VEEDU OF LORD MURUGA.
In Tamil Nadu as the popular maxim goes, "Wherever there is a mount there is a shrine for lord Muruga".
Lord Muruga - called by various favourite names like Karthilkeya, Arumuga, Shanmuga, Guhan, Skanda, Subramanya and Kumara - by his ardent devotees - is a Hindu god. He is considered to be the son of Lord Shiva - the Hindu God of distruction and the brother of Lord Ganesh - the most famous elephant headed god of India.
The portal provides vital information on temples of Muruga - across the globe, with special emphasis on the arupadai veedu group of shrines. It includes specific details like location, legends, purana, mythology, places to stay, festivals, links to other websites etc. on these six most famous temples of Lord Muruga - called Aru padai veedu.
Lord Muruga Aaru Padai Veedu(Six Battle Filed)
Thiruparamkundram : Soora Samharam, Chariot Festival and Laksha archana (worship to Lord Muruga by hundred thousand names)
Thiruchendur : Swing Festival (Oonjal Sevai - where Lord Muruga swings with his consort in a highly tranquill atmosphere)
Palani : The Golden Chariot Festival (A very famous occation in which golden image of the Lord goes around the temple in Gold Plated Chariot)
Swamimalai : The Soora Vahana Festival (Lord Muruga is seated above the Asura Soorapadhman and is taken around the temple)
Thiruthani : Mirror Festival (Kannadi Sevai - where the Lord's Six faces are exposed through a mirror and worshipped)
Pazhamudhircholai : Bathing Festival (Abhishekam - where the Lord's image is bathed in several holy waters, amidst the veda chanting - Sri Rudhram and Chamakam)
SRI.SKANDHA WORSHIPPED AS LORD MURUGA.
Kandha kottam- Chennai
Lord Muruga when he was a mere child, forsook the world and left Kailas, the abode of his Father God Shiva, to travel to Palani in a loin cloth to perform a penance of righteous indignation at not being given the mango fruit for which he and his elder brother Lord Ganesa competed. The action of Lord Muruga was one of great philosophical import and is not to be confused with the urge of mortals to abjure the material. In order to infuse meaning into the day to day material life of samsara, Lord Muruga imparted a profound message to a savant of South India over three centuries ago. The fruit of this message is today enshrined in a remarkable temple found in the heart of Chennai metro’s commercial hub; the evening bazaar or the rattan bazaar. This shrine is none other than the Arulmigu Shri Kandaswamy temple known popularly as Kandha Kottam. Situated in Rasappa Chetty Street, in George Town, the temple is an excellent proof of the congenial togetherness of worship and worldly responsibility, commerce and spirituality. Over 350 years ago lived a man called Vellore Marichettiar who didn’t feel inclined to pursue a life of commerce. He didn’t want to marry and get caught in the web of samsara and yearned to lead a life of denial and penance. Being an Ayira Vaisya Chettiar, it was his dharma to pursue a commercial vocation but Mari Chettiar was firm in his resolve, till one day God Muruga himself conveyed to him a message that a life of grahastha with love towards a co human being was a divine ordinance. Mari Chettiar thereafter became a grahastha and an ardent devotee of Lord Muruga. He used to travel by foot every Krithigai to Tirporur to have darshan of Lord Muruga. On one such occasion, when Mari Chettiar was resting under a Neem tree on his way to Tiruporur, Lord Muruga appeared before him in the form of a cobra and indicated to him the presence of His vigraha under the tree. Mari Chettiar and his friend immediately started digging under the tree and found a stone vigraha of Lord Kandhaswamy. Though the vigraha was heavy, the lord made it light and enabled his dear devotee to carry it all the way to its present location in Chennai. Pledging his wife’s jewels, Mari Chettiar built a temple for the Lord and since that day the community of Ayira Vaisya Chettiars have endowed generously to the extension, upkeep and expansion of this temple. The past years have seen a number of munificent efforts from the devotees in the field of art, culture and education under the aegis of this temple. From the road one can only see the Raja gopuram with the rest of the façade being shops and shops galore; a typical metro temple one can say; indicative of the commercial milieu of the temple trustees. The main deity - Lord Kandhaswami with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, with his Vel and his pennant; with a mien filled with shanta swaroopam and his abhaya hastam showering grace on his devotees, is a balm to the weary mind. The utsavar, in this temple, is Shri Muthukumaraswami. In 1988, the Kumbhabhishekam of this temple was conducted with great devotion, fervour and grandeur. The temple is open in the morning and evening and attracts a large number of devotees from near and far. Kandhan is said to be the repository of mercy and Kandha Kottam, which is the bastion of this merciful warrior, is a haven and refuge for the suffering devotee.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARU PADAI VEEDU OF LORD MURUGA.
In Tamil Nadu as the popular maxim goes, "Wherever there is a mount there is a shrine for lord Muruga".
Lord Muruga - called by various favourite names like Karthilkeya, Arumuga, Shanmuga, Guhan, Skanda, Subramanya and Kumara - by his ardent devotees - is a Hindu god. He is considered to be the son of Lord Shiva - the Hindu God of distruction and the brother of Lord Ganesh - the most famous elephant headed god of India.
The portal provides vital information on temples of Muruga - across the globe, with special emphasis on the arupadai veedu group of shrines. It includes specific details like location, legends, purana, mythology, places to stay, festivals, links to other websites etc. on these six most famous temples of Lord Muruga - called Aru padai veedu.
Lord Muruga Aaru Padai Veedu(Six Battle Filed)
Thiruparamkundram : Soora Samharam, Chariot Festival and Laksha archana (worship to Lord Muruga by hundred thousand names)Thiruchendur : Swing Festival (Oonjal Sevai - where Lord Muruga swings with his consort in a highly tranquill atmosphere)Palani : The Golden Chariot Festival (A very famous occation in which golden image of the Lord goes around the temple in Gold Plated Chariot)Swamimalai : The Soora Vahana Festival (Lord Muruga is seated above the Asura Soorapadhman and is taken around the temple)Thiruthani : Mirror Festival (Kannadi Sevai - where the Lord's Six faces are exposed through a mirror and worshipped)Pazhamudhircholai : Bathing Festival (Abhishekam - where the Lord's image is bathed in several holy waters, amidst the veda chanting - Sri Rudhram and Chamakam) SRI.SKANDHA WORSHIPPED AS LORD MURUGA.
Skanda - also known as Murugan, Kartikeya, Subramanya is one of the most revered deities in the southern state of Tamilnadu. In northern part of the country Muruga is worshipped as Karthik.It is even said that the name Murugan is synonymous to the world Tamil. Skanda is described as the ultimate warrior and also as the epitome of knowledge - and as a Siddhar. This article presents 54 revered shrines of Skanda in Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka. Across Globe there are temples forLord Muruga in Sri.Lanka, Malasia, Singapore, United States,Canada, Australia.
| Kartikeya or Murugan is held in special reverence by the Tamil speaking populace. Muruga has been eulogized by 2000 year old Tamil Sangam literature and by the Sanskrit hymns of Aadi Sankaracharya & Kalidasa. |  | The story of Muruga's birth: Kaama, the Lord of desire was burnt to ashes by the gaze of Shiva's third eye. Shiva's marriage to Uma resulted in the birth of Muruga, the valiant commander of the Gods. |
| Aaru Padai Veedu: The six most revered shrines of Murugan eulogized in the 2000 year old Tamil Sangam literature. | Abodes of Skanda in the Chola Kingdom: Visit Viraalimalai | Abodes of Skanda in the Pandya Kingdom: Visit Kumarar Koyil, Tiruchendur, Kazhugumalai, Sindupoonturai, Valliyur, Kurukkutturai, Kunnakkudi, Palani, Melakkodumalur, Pazhamudirsolai and Tirupparamkunram near Tirunelveli, Karaikkudi and Madurai. |
| Abodes of Muruga in Malai Naadu: Experience the old world charm of Murugan temples in the vicinity of Kanyakumari , part of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom Ayikudi, Velimalai, Vellimalai and Tirumalai, Cheyur |  | Abodes of Skanda in Kongu Naadu: Mandiramalai, Marudamalai, Chennimalai, Sivanmalai, Alavaippatti, Kanakagiri, Kanjamalai, Kapilarmalai, Kollimalai, Skandasramam, Tiruchengode and Vennaimalai - near Coimbatore, Erode, Salem. |
 | Abodes of Murugs in Nadu Naadu: Visit Mayilam near Tindivanam - Vallimalai and Kangeyanallur near Vellore. | |
| Subrahmanya near Mangalore in Karnataka (Tuluva Naadu) is considered to be one of the seven Mukti Stalams of the region. |  | Udayanapuram near the famed Vaikom Mahadevar temple in Kerala (Chera Naadu) enshrines Subramanya and is closely associated with the Vaikom Ashtami festival. |
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