The hill of the temple has 365 steps indicating 365 days of the year. Temple is dedicated to Lord Murugan (Karthikeya). At the foot of the hill, Lord Shiva is known as “Sundaresan” and the Devi is known as “Meenakshi.Thiruthani Murugan Temple is a Hindu temple, on the hill of Thiruthani of the state Tamil Nadu. The sixty steps of the temple which ascends to the sanctum sanctorum are believed to reflect the sixty months of the ancient Tamil calendar. The temple is built on an artificial hill, and a flight of steps reaches it. Lord Muruga taught the “OM” mantra of Pranava to Lord Shiva and that is why it is called “Swaminathan.” It is one of six prominent abodes dedicated to Lord Muruga (also spelled Murugan) (Arupadaiveedu).
Thiruverakam, popularly known as “Swamimalai,” is situated on the northern banks of the Cauvery River eight kilometers away from Kumbakonam in the Thanjavur district. The temple crowd is massive on Tuesdays and all the days of the festival.
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In the temple are also devotionally observed monthly Kruthika star days, monthly Tamil new days, New Moon and Full Moon days, Sashti days, Visakam star days, Tamil and English New Year days, Deepavali, and Pongal. Tirupati festival is celebrated on the day of the English New Year for the steps. Of these, the festivals which fall in the months of Chithirai, Karthikai and Thai Tamil will be inaugurated with flag hoisting.
Other festivals held in the temple are Chithirai Brahammotsavam in April-May, Vaikasi Visagam in May-June, Aavani Pavithrotsavam in August-September, 10 day Navaratri in September-October, Aipasi Skanda Sashti in October-November, 10-day Margazhi Tiruvadirai in December-January, Thai Poosam in January-February, Panguni Valli Kalyanam in March-April. The temple is one of the district’s most-visited temples.ġ0 Day Tirukarthikai festival November-December is an important temple drawing crowd festival in lakhs. The second precinct and the temple’s main one contains a marriage hall and temple chariot. Sundaresawar’s images as the lingam (Shiva) and Meenakshi (Parvati) are situated down the hill and Dakshinamurthy, Durga, Chandikeswarar, and Navagrahas are the first precinct around their shrines. The first precinct has Swaminathaswamy’s images of Dakshinamurthy, Durga, Chandikeswarar and the festival shot. The central shrine holds the Swaminathaswamy granite image. Outside the first precinct is a shrine of Vinayagar. To Swaminathaswamy there are golden armors, golden crowns, and a diamond lance. The Swaminathaswamy image is 6 ft (1.8 m) in height. The first thirty steps lead to the second temple precinct. There are 60 phases, and each is named after the 60 Tamil years. One of the three precincts is situated in the basement, the other at halfway to the top of the hillock and the third at the hillock, around the Swaminathaswamy shrine sanctuary. The word for “Thiruveragam” is The temple has 3gopuram (gateway towers) and 3 parts. Such an artificial hill is called “Kattu Malai” in Tamil. In Swamimalai, Muruga is regarded as “Swaminatha Swami,” and “Balamurugan.” The temple is built on an artificial hill. The Architecture of Swamimalai Murugan Temple The location came to be known as Swamimalai and the presiding deity as Swaminathan, as Lord Shiva acceded to Lord Muruga’s plea and heard OM’s presentation as a disciple. Lord Muruga said he understood OM’s meaning and can only describe it to the latter if he can acknowledge him as a mentor and listen as a devoted disciple to the exposition. As Muruga insisted on the imprisonment being a fair punishment for Brahma’s stupidity, Lord Siva asked him if he knew the significance of the primordial Pranava OM himself. Everything things came to a standstill with Brahma imprisoned and the devas prayed to Lord Siva to get Brahma out. Brahma acknowledged his ignorance and the Lord imprisoned him. Once when Brahma, the lord of all things, went to Kailasa, he was asked by the ever-playful boy Lord Muruga for the significance of the Pranava OM. With the penance of the saint thus disturbed the Lord was ignorant of all his wisdom and is said to have recovered them by learning Lord Muruga’s Pranava mantra at this shrine. The Lord extinguished the holy fire by placing a hand over the saint’s head. Such was the power of penance that the sacred fire emanating from the saint’s head reached to the heavens, and the fearful devas surrendered to Lord Shiva in prayer for his grace. Bhrugu had the blessing that anyone who disturbs his mediation would lose all his wisdom before starting an arduous tavamor penance.
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