Visiting Aarupadai veedu of Murugan

Many people would have interest to visit all the six important temples of Lord Murugan. However it would not be possible for them to visit all the temples at one stretch. They visit one or two temples in a year. After that they would try to visit again all the other temples. To complete all the Aarupadai Veedu temples devotees will take more than three to five years. Because family is very important for all the people, God is also interested of the devotees to consider the family first and only temple is secondary.

Importance of visiting Aarupadai veedu

Any devotee one who visits all the six important temples of lord Muruga is highly blessed. He gets peaceful life after visiting all the six temples. Many people save money from their income to visit all the Arupadai veedu of Murugan. They understand after visiting all these six temples they are blessed by lord Murugan and all their family internal problems are solved after visiting all these important temples of Lord Murugan.

Thiruchendur Murugan Temple

The second temple is called Subramaniya swami temple at Thiruchendur, this place is close To Thirunelveli, from Thirunelveli buses are available every ten minutes to this place. Out of six padai veedu of Murugan, Thiruchendur alone is placed in the seashore, and rests of the five temples are situated in the hills. The temple is informing, chief commander of the battle goes for the battle and stays with his army personals called as padai veedu. This is the only place where Loard Murugan with his army stayed, when he went to destroy Soorapadman. The temple celebrates the defeat of the Soorapadman in the grand manner and once in a year.

Thiruchendur Murugan Temple Dress Code

In Kanyakumari district all most all the Hindu temples are allowing men without shirt only. Even very important person in the society should have to remove his shirt before entering to the sannadhi. Men are forced to remove their shirts before entering to this particular Thiruchendur Murugan temple. Of course devotees also understand they are blessed only if they obey the rules of the temple. This kind of dress code is followed in the above temple for a long, long years and this tradition will not be changed forever.

Pazhani Murugan Temple

The third temple out of six padai veedu now we are going to see Dandapani Swami Temple at Pazhani. This place is situated in Dindigul district, of course close to Madurai only. The scriptural name of the place is Pothigai. The temple is also called as Kuzhanthai Velayuthaswami. The name thiruthanigai represents for the Goddess lakshmi, fire god, The hill has six hundred ninety steps to reach the god Dhandayuthapani temple. The Navagraham of the temple was created and established by Siddhar Bhogar. Great Tamil poet Avvayiyar is not only known for her poetic accuracy but also known for the wisdom, so called Murugan Pazham Nee so the place named as Pazhani. This is the place in which Murugan resided after feud with his whole family over the divine fruit.( Published already)

Kumbakonam Swami malai Murugan Temple

This is forth veedu of Arupadai veedu this is called as Swaminatha Swami Temple at Swami Malai. This temple is housed five kilo meters away from Kumbakonam this temple is built on the artificial hill. There are about sixty steps to reach to the hill temple place. This sixty steps is based on the 60 Tamil years. The temple is based on the situation when Murugan explained the complete essence of the pranava manthram of OM to his father Lord Shiva. Swami malais is the fourth place to be visited of the total Arupadai veedu. In kumbakonam there are many other temples are also built and the place is well known for the temples.

Thiruthani Murugan Temple

This is fifth padai veedu of the total Arupadai veedu. Basically ARU is name for the six, so six important temples of the Murugan. This temple is close to Chennai and from Chennai seventy five kilo meters. Murugan temple of this is called as Subramaniya swami at Thiruthani. This is a small hill, and it has three hundred and sixty five days and this remembers for the whole year days. Lord Murugan married Valli at this place, so all the married couple visits this temple to get their baby. The earlier name of the place is called as Thiruthanigai and the name now changed as Thiruthani.

Pazhamudir Solai Murugan Temple

Now the sixth place of the Arupadai veedu this is Subramaniya Swami Temple of Pazhamudir Solai, there is a story behind this temple the lady saint Avaiyar was tired and sat down near the tree, and a small boy appeared before her and asked her she needs fruit Avvai said yes, Immediately that boy asked her you want cooked fruit or uncooked fruit, she surprised. Read the further story in next paragraph.

Continuation of the Avvai Murugan story

Avvai was really hungry and from the morning to the late evening she had no food, but visiting to all the temples and singing songs about the Gods, and that is the reason she accepted to have fruits when murugan asked her. Murugan sent some fruits from the tree, and the fruits fall from the tree and it was with mud, Avvai took a fruit and cleaned the fruit by blowing wind, Immediately Murugan appeared from small boy appearance as Lord Murugan is that fruit is hot? This place is just twenty kilo meters from Madurai and the temple located in Solaimaai hill with the holy water nearby called as Nupura Gangai. This is the only place Muruga is with both Valli and Deivanai and blessings all the devotees from here.

Thiruparamkundram murugan temple

Subramaniya swamy temple or thiruparankundram tepme are one and the same. This temple is one out of the Aarupadai veedu temples. Unlike other temples, this temple is built in rock. Entire temple is constructed with the rock this is the specialty of this temple. The kings pandyas in the sixth century. Building a cut rock is very difficult, but the construction of this temple would be amazing. Curves in the temple would be appealing to all the devotees. Only at this place Murugan married his first wife Deivayani only at this place murugan killed surapadman. After the success of the war, murugan married Deivayani, so there some more interest to visit this temple for all the Hindu devotees. According to the Hindu legends Murugan married two deities the namely Devasena and Valli this is referring Valli referred for Kriya Shakthi and ichha sakthi. The meaning is power of action and knowledge or wisdom. By representing these two Murugan completely represents for Gyana Shakthi or entire power of Wisdom. This Thiruparankundram is located just five miles from Madurai city. There are many transport facilities available to visit this temple, more hotels and lodges are also available with the quality food.