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Nakkīraṉãr's poem Tirumurukarruppatai is the most ancient known bhakti genre poem of 312 akaval verses on Murugan (also known as Subrahmanya, Kumara, Skanda, Kartikeya in other parts of India). The Tirumurukarruppatai is held in "very high esteem" in the Murugan tradition as well as the Murugan's father Shiva tradition. [ 6 ]
The Tirumurukarruppatai has 312 akaval meter verses, states Zvelebil. [6] According to Francis, the critical editor has 317 verses. [7] It describes the beauty and the warrior nature of Murugan, six sacred shrine regions of Murugan, legends such as the killing of Surapadma, his six faces and the twelve arms along with their functions.
Palani Murugan Temple, one of the Six Abodes of Murugan Murugan (Kartikeya), being known as the God of the Tamils, has many temples dedicated to him across Tamil Nadu . An old Tamil saying states that wherever there is a hill, there will be a temple dedicated to Murugan. [ 124 ]
In 2005, Murugan was awarded a grant by the India Foundation for the Arts to do the background research for the novel. [5] In the course of his research, he came across a societal practice that existed in the past to deal with childlessness, which he decided to include in the book. [6] The existence of such a practice has been a subject of ...
The worship of Murugan has strong roots in Tamil Nadu. According to Tamil legends, Murugan was the brave warrior who defeated the powerful demon Surapadman, [5] and was seen as being the epitome of youth, compassion and beauty. Arunagirinathar's songs build on this tradition, hailing Murugan as the source of all knowledge, who even gave saintly ...
Cēyōṉ "the red one", who is identified with Murugan, whose name is literally Murukaṉ "the youth" in the Tolkāppiyam; Extant Sangam literature works, dated between the third century BCE and the fifth century CE glorified Murugan, "the red god seated on the blue peacock, who is ever young and resplendent," as "the favoured god of the Tamils."
Pamban Swami was deeply moved and thanked Murugan for His kindness toward His devotees. Pamban Swami once fell very ill due to diarrhea. He fainted and collapsed, and upon seeing this, his wife also fainted. At that moment, Murugan appeared at their house, tapped the ground with a stick, and instructed Pamban Swami's wife to get up.
Kandar Anubhuti (Tamil: கந்தர் அநுபூதி) is a work of Tamil Hindu literature composed by the poet-saint Arunagirinathar. [1] [2] The collection of songs are dated to around 1500 CE. [3]