KUNDRATHURMURUGAN TEMPLE-FORWARD Dear friends,
It is the 3rd time I am visiting this temple. The temple ison a small hill top, about 1 KM from Perumal temple at Kundrathur. I had mysister in law from home in Kerala, and thought of making a family visit. There are steps aswell as a hill strip to reach the temple. Only one vehicle can go through thehill strip, some points are widened to give way to up-going vehicles . About 15 cars can beparked on hill top. Vehiclecan reach in three minutes the hill top temple. There is a big idol in brass for which archana is done. Onehas to go sanctum worshipping this idol. Within the sanctum Lord Muruga is instanding posture. The idols of Valli and Deivayani are installed in such a manner, either we can see Muruga with Valli or Muruga with Deivayani, The priest explainedthis peculiar positioning to indicate, one wife at a time with God. The temple closes by 8.30 PM and we were well in time by 7.30 PM.Aarathi is shown to both deities. Kumkum and holy ash is given whileworshipping in the first brass deity ,only holy ash is given in sanctum where the idol of God is in granite. For along time there was no archana and it was restarted on 15-6-22, the day of ourvisit. We were fortunate to perform archana. My wife had visitedthe temple with other ladies , with pati padal(for each step singingfame of Lord Muruga) and she was permitted to sing two stanzas, and honouredwith a garland. I found a good write-up in Wikipedia and copied the contents after a donation, whichwas requested by them. FromWikipedia, the free encyclopedia Affiliation Hinduism,District Kanchipuram. Deity Murugan Governing body Hindu Religious and Charitable EndowmentsDepartment Location Kundrathur State Tamil Nadu 1 Introduction Kundrathur Murugan Temple is a Hindu temple located inKundrathur, a suburb of Chennai in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Subramaniar (Murugan)stayed on the hill duringhis travels from Tiruporur to Tiruttanigai. This place is also knownas South Thanigai since Lord Subramaniar is standing facing the direction ofnorth, facing Thanigai. 2 Architecture This is the only Murugan temple in Tamil Nadu where the Godis standing in a north facing direction. This temple was constructed by King Kulothunga Chola II. Thespeciality of this temple is that Lord Subramaniar can be seen only with oneGoddess at a time even though he is there along with both the Goddesses. If theGod is viewed from one side he can be seen along with Goddess Valli and viewedfrom the other side, he can be seen along with Goddess Deivayanai.[1] There are 84 steps toreach this hill temple. Vehicles (cars, bikes, autos) can also be driven up the hillright up to the front of the temple on the hill, for those that cannot walk upthe 84 steps. The temple is very close to the outer ring road for those thatneed faster accessibility to the temple. Pallavaram to Kundrathur there are alot of buses too but do not go all the way to the temple. 3 History Once winning the demons in Thiruporur, Lord Muruga went toThirutani in a joyous spirit. He placed a Siva Linga, performed pooja andmeditated deep. The temple was subsequently constructed by the great Chola KingKulothunga Chola. LordSiva, worshiped by Lord Muruga graces the worshipers in the name ofKandaleeswarar in a separate shrine. My note- Archana items areavailable in shops below the hill. On hill top we get flowers, rarely archana items. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2083125085.3825145.1655440096213%40mail.yahoo.com.
