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The earliest existing inscription at the temple is dated 875 AD, and talks about a Pandyan called Varekuna Maran (p. 121). However, early Cankam poetry refer to the Murugan seashore shrine at Tirrucciralaivay, which is thought to refer to the Tiruchendur Temple. No record exists on the data of actual construction of the temple, but there are records of improvements to the temple by Pandya and Chera Kingdoms. The Tiruchendur Murugan Temple (properly known as Tiruchendur Arulmigu Senthilnathar Temple) located in the Tuticorin District, India, is considered to be one of the 6 abodes of the Tamil God Murugan the son of Shiva. Even now, lakhs and lakhs of devotees reach Tiruchendur to join the divine celebrations.Main article: Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur Overwhelmed by the spirit of Lord Karthikeya, the Devas celebrated the grand success in Thiruchendur, the Southern tip of Indian subcontinent. Finally, Lord Karthikeya’s Vel killed Surapadma.Īt the request of Surapadma, Lord Murugan turned him to be a peacock, which became the vehicle of the Lord. Despite losing his brothers, Surapadma refused to surrender and the war continued for 5 days.
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Veerabahu, his lieutenant, was sent to meet Surapadma as an emissary before the war, to free the Devas.Īs it failed, Lord Muruganset out for a war. Lord Aarumuga (another name of Lord Subramanya) grew up mastering the tactics of war and was exceptionally handsome that he became the chief commander of the Gods.Īs per the word of Lord Shiva, he marched to Tiruchendur with his army to release the Devas from the cruel bondage. Later, the divine couple went to Saravana Poigai, where Goddess Shakthi fondly merged the babies together to become Lord Karthikeya or Subramaniyan or Murugan, who protect his devotees with 6 faces and 12 arms. To take care of these babies, Lord sent 6 Karthika houris. These sparkles reached the Saravana Poigai, the divine lake, where the divine sparkles transubstantiated into 6 babies. At their request, Lord Shiva exhaled 6 different sparkles by opening his third eye. The heavenly immortals were assigned to perform menial tasks.Įventually, they surrendered to Lord Shiva take actions to relieve them. All the Devas were taken as prisoners and were tortured.
The boundless boon of Lord Shiva made Surabadman very arrogant that he conquered all the 3 mythical worlds – The Heaven, The Earth and The Hell.
However, Surapadma was a sincere devotee of Lord Shiva and he spent most of his time to meditate on his favorite deity.Īs a result of his determined adoration, Lord Shiva gave him a boon, according to which Surapadman could neither be killed nor be defeated by anybody in this world, except the offspring of Lord Shiva born without Shiva’s unification with any woman. Since the sage focused on stringent meditations, his sons grew up as Asuras. Veera Mahendrapuri was ruled by Surapadma, an asura, who was the son of Rishi Kashyaba. The temple is one of the 6 Abodes of Lord Murugan and situated near the sea of Bay of Bengal where the other 5 temples are situated in Mountains.
Thiruchendur Murugan Temple is a Temple situated in Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu dated 2000 years back.
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