6 Sacred Temples of Lord Muruga

August 19, 2004

Six Sacred Temples of Lord Muruga

Aru padai veedu or Aarupadai veedu or Arupadaiveedu - all these

terms refer to the six sacred temples of Hindu God Lord Karthikeya -

also known as Lord Muruga, Shanmuga, Guhan, Skanda, Subramanya and

Kumara.

All these temples are located in South India - in the state of Tamil

Nadu.Though there are thousands of temples for the Hindu god Lord

Muruga - around the globe, these six specific temples enjoy

unparalled sanctity and populaity among the devotees of Muruga or

Balasubramanya - and deserve a very special mention.

These six temples that constitute the Arupadai veedu group of shrines

are:

(Click above link to access articles and images of the 6 Temples of

Murugan)

1. Thiruparamkunram Subramanya Swami Temple - Click here

2. Tiruchendur Sendhil Andavar Temple - Click here

3. Swamimalai Swaminatha Swami Temple - Click here

4. Palani Dandayudhapani Swamy Temple - Click here

5. Tiruthani Subramanya Swamy Temple and - Click here

6. Palamudhircholai Subramanya Swamy Temple - Click here

The origins of these temples go back by more than 2000 years. We find

references to these temples in many of the ancient tamil language

literatures like Silapathikaram.

These six places are considered to be the battle camps of Lord Muruga

(Skandha). The term padai veedu - in Tamil- means Battle camp. Aru

padai veedu means six battle camps. The six places are believed to be

six different battle camps of Lord Muruga. We find that interesting

legends and puranas are associated with each of these temples of

Kumara (Lord Muruga).

Ancient tamil work Thirumurugatupadai - sung by tamil saint poet

Nakkerar in 1st century AD, hails each of these six places with

prominance and importance. The poems also reveal that all of these

temples were well established even during the sangam age (1st to 3rd

century AD) - which only pushes the origins of these temples to

periods before christ (BC).

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