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Murugan, also known as Kandhan, Kumaran, [5] Kartikeyan, and Subramaniyan, is the Hindu god of war and victory. [6] [7] [8] He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, brother of Ganesha, and a god whose life has many versions in Hinduism. [9]
Tamil Sangam literature (200 BCE to 500 CE) mentions Mayon or the "dark one," as the supreme deity who creates, sustains, and destroys the universe and was worshipped in the mountains of Tamilakam. The verses of Paripadal describe the glory of Perumal in the most poetic of terms. Many Poems of the Paripadal consider Perumal as the Supreme god ...
Dyauṣ the "Sky" god, also called Dyeus and Prabhāsa or the "shining dawn", also called akasha or sky, Pṛthivī the "Earth" goddess/god, also called Dharā or "support" and Bhumi or Earth, Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha , ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief ...
The Tamil word Ayyanār is derived from the root word Ayya, a honorific used in a Tamil language to designate respected one. [9] [10] Some people propose that Aryan could be the Sanskrit version of Tamil word Aiyyan which means the same. [11] There is a well known temple dedicated to Sastha situated in a village of Kerala, called "Aryankavu". [12]
In Tamil tradition, Surapadma is conceived with the same origin as Tarakasura, the asura who necessitates the birth of a son of Shiva, Murugan. The slaying of Surapadma by Murugan is also described to mark the onset of the Kali Yuga. [8] The downfall of Surapadma is the legend behind the occasion of the festival of Thaipusam. [9]
There are many more temples for Maha Vishnu located in Tamil Nadu. Most of the 108 Divya Desams and 108 Abhimana Kshethrams of Lord Vishnu. Murugan is also one of the important gods and is considered by many to be the patron god of the Tamil language and Tamil people. There are a lot of temples dedicated to Murugan in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. [8]
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