LORD MURUGA"S GRANDEAUR-6

LORD MURGA'S GRANDEUR-6

 Sri. S.V.VARADHARAJAN

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   Hence,the place got the name as Swamimalai.Kumara got the names like Gurunatha, Swaminatha,etc. This place, is also mentioned as Sundarachalam,Eragaverpu,Swamiverpu. Therku Sarguru verpu,Dhatrigiri,Gurugiri and Gurumalai in the Thiruppugazh. In this temple, usually devotees carry "Kavadi" as a mode of prayer.

 Tiruthani:  This is the fifth abode and here Muruga is seated atop the Tiruthani hill with grandeur. This hill is stated to be a sacred one and it is here that Lord Muruga, after the war with Sura and others got rid of his anger and settled down. So, it is called Thanikachalam and the deity graces the devotees his two consorts here. The place is also called as Thanigai, Seruthani, Thiru thanigai Thiruthaniyal, Neelagiri etc.

   Pazhamidhir Cholai: In this sixth abode, Lord Muruga is known as Solaimalai Thirumaliruncholaimalai, Thirumalirumkundram etc. which we come across in the hymns and songs composed in praise of this Lord.  Arunagirinatha has sung about this place along with Noopura Gangai. Here Muruga shines with a beautiful appearance like his maternal uncle 'Thirumal'

    Apart from these six famous abodes, there are a few more famous Muruga temples in South India.Let us have a look at some of them.

   vayalur: As the name indicates, it is located in the midst of agricultural fields and has an interesting historic back ground. This place is mentioned with different names in the famous Thiruppugazh of Sri Arunagirinatha like Vayalpathi, Vayalai, Vayalingar,Sipathi,Melaivayalai etc.

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 Tiruchendur: is the second temple or House located on the Sea shore. The Muruga broke the Krouncha mountain into two pieces and killed Tarakasura and seettled at senthil with his consort Deivayanai. Arumuga reached Viramahendrapuram and defeated the forces of Surapadman and hence got the name as 'kandan'. He blesses his devotees with his calm posture. We are told that Kumaragurupara swamy who was dumb got his power of speach with the grace of kumara and composed the script called 'Subramania Bujangam'. 'The Tiruchendur Agaval' also sings the praise of this deity and a devotee will be blessed with a long life and can wash off his sins by praying to Senthil Andava.


  Palani:(Palaniyampathi) : In this third abode, Kumara has the appearance as, Dhandayuthapani. It is here that the Lord destroyed Idumbasura and gave him two boons as desired by him. By one boon, he became the sentry to the Lord's temple there and the other is to show affection and kindness to the devotees who carry the kavadi to this temple to fulfil their commitments to the Deity. Palani also connotes in Tamil that he is the 'Gnana' fruit for his parents Siva and Uma Devi. At the nearby place called Thiruvavinankudi, Muruga shows his appearance as with Deivayanai. The palani temple and its greatness is praised in thescriptures loke 'pillai tamil' 'Kovai Maalai'. 'Andhadhi'and in the various slokas and songs of the poets and saints.


  Tiruveragam (swamimalai) : is the fourth abode in the group and Muruga appears here as 'Swaminatha'. As the name connotes, this is a very pleasant and attractive location and it is here, Kumara preached the cocept of 'Pranava' to Lord Siva and Siva exclaimed to his dear child "you are my Swami - preceptor" 


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Karthikeyan: the child that was brought up by the Karthigai ladies. That is why Vratam(fasting) is observed on the days with Karthigai star.

 Kangeyan: The Lord took his avatar at the confluence Nutana Ganga and Poigai water sources, Hence this name.


 Swaminathan: means the preceptor for his father(Siva). We know that Kumara had the privilege of teaching the 'Pranava' mantra 'Om' and the essence of Veda to Siva.


  Apart from this, many other names like 'Sevvel'(Sevvezh) Senthil Andavar, Thanikachalam, Valli manalan, Dhandayuthapani, Kaliyuga Varadhan, saravana bhava are also used in our worship of the deity.


  Lord Kumara is usually worshipped in temples located on the top of small mountains. Temple means(in tamil) the place where the deity is present and for Lord Muruga six important temples are very famous abodes and this group of temples is called 'Arupadai Veedu' which is very famous among the devotees. Let us see these six temples: 


  Tirupparangunram: This is the first house or temple located in 'Kurinji' area. This also known as Tirupparangiri, Kanda Maadanam and Kantha Malai.


   This is the place where the Lord,after vanquishingSurapadma's forces and rescuing the Devas from the prison, married Devendra's daughter, Deivanai and gracefully seated as Subramaniaswamy.


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   Kandhan: This word means one who destroys the enemies. From this,we have the scriptures like Kandharanuboothi, Kanda Puranam, Kanda Shashti Kavacham,Kandar Andhadhi, Kandar Kalivenba etc. Kachiappa Sivachariar explains the significance of this name in his "Kanda Puranam".

   Kumaran: Kandaranubhoothi mentions this name in the slokas for worshipping Muruga with sincere devotion. In 'Kumaran' 'Ku' means the illusion in our life. 'Maran' means one who destroys. Therefore the word connotes that the Lord dispels the illusion in our life. Saint Arunagirinathar eulogises Lord Muruga as 'Kumara' in the Anubhuthi and other poems,

  Guhan' means te the Lord resides in the heart(cave) of the devotees.

  Visakan: Lord Muruga's avatar took place in Vaikasi month and Visakam is his star.Further, 'Vi'means bird i.e. peacock and 'sakan'means one who travels or goes around.Thus, the peacock word connotes the meaning as one who goes with the peacock as vahana.

    Subramanian:  This name also has different meanings. "Su"means eminent, excellent, 'Biramanian'means foremost of the Brahmins and Vedas, therefore means foremost Lord. Another meaning is derived from the word 'Piramam' which means the Almighty, Lord Siva, 'Nyam' means originating from that source thereby meaning the great power which originated from the sparking forehead of Siva. In Tamil we find many scriptures praising the Lord with this name.

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