His Vahana is a peacock and his weapon is Vel. Lord Muruga is worshiped in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Reunion. Lord Muruga is also known as Skanda, Kumara, Murugan and Subrahmanya. Lord Muruga is the son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi Devi and brother of Lord Ganesha. Local pilgrims visit this temple regularly. Gyana Malai: Murugan Temple, Kaveripakkam, Vell.Valiyapadam Sree Murugan Temple is a popular Murugan temple in Palakkad, Kerala.Sri Balamurugan Temple, Rathnagiri, Vellore.Sri Chandrasekara Swamy Temple, Kamakoore, Arani.Yantra Sani Bagawan Temple, Erikuppam, Thiruva.Selva Vinayakar temple / Chembakkam Vinayakar.Jalakandeswarar temple, Vellore, Tamilnadu.Sri Putharakameshtiswarar Temple, Arani, TN.Thiru Vrinjipuram, Margabandeeswarar Temple, Vel.There is mandapam in which we see Navagraham
It says visiting three places in same day is good. The three places Valli Malai, Gyana Malai and Tiruthani are in triangular point. Purana says Valli and Murugan when they left for Tiruthani from Valli malai rested here in this place. Here we see foot prints of Valli and Lord Murugan.
This is the form in which Arunagirinadhar saw Lord Murugan and was blessed by him.Īrunagirinadhar is seen standing to the side.Īt the back of the sanctum as we go around we see sanctum for Lord Siva known as Gyana Gireeswarar with his consort known as Gyana Poongkodhai.Īt he back of the Lord Siva SanctumWe see a hall which is known as Thiruvadi Poongkoil. The 500 years old temple is located at Siruvapuri, about 40 kms from Chennai on Chennai Kolkata highway. There is a small sanctum for Murugan known as Kuramagal Thazhviya Kumaran. ‘Bala Murugan Temple’ is dedicated to Lord Murugan also known as Kartikeya, son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. We had to leave the place with a hope of visiting some other time. We thank God for giving darshan from the gaps in the door. The light was not sufficient enough to have good darshan. So we could have darshan of the Lord Murugan through the gaps found in the door. The temple timing is 8 am but the day we went the temple was closed till 8.45 am. One who worships Lord Murugan in this form will be blessed with Gyana. Here we see Lord Murugan as Brahma Sastha. He took the work of creation from Lord Brahma. Lord Murugan punished Lord Brahma who was not able to explain the meaning of Pranava Mantharam. Purana says Sastha means one who punishes. Right front hand is in the form of Abhaya Varadha Hastham and left hand is kept on his hip. We see Kamandalam and japa Malai in his two hands which are at the back. Here in this temple Lord Murugan is in Brahma Sastha form with Valli Devayani to either side known as Gyana panditha Swamy. We see a mandapam, Artha mandapam and inner sanctum. We see peacock in front of the kodi maram facing main sanctum. There are about 150 steps to climb up to reach the Murugn temple.Īs we climb up half the way we see Gyana Dakshina Moorthy under Kallala Maram. We find an arch near the starting point to the temple. The place is known as Govinda Chery which is about 17 kms from Kaveripakkam, Vellore district.