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About Vadapalani Murugan Temple
The
Vadapalani Murugan Temple was built some 125
years back. The temple was just built starting
with just a Murugan Picture.
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According to this temple history a devotee named
Annaswami Tambiran made a small
hut and kept a Murugan painting
for his worship. While he was
meditating and worshipping he
used to experience some divine
power used to enter his body and
made him to do mysterious
things. Whatever he said had
started to become true and this
saying started to be said as
“Arul Vakku” and he started
to help the needy by getting
jobs for the jobless, curing
decease and marriage
problems.One day he was feeling
sick and according to the
instruction of a Sadhu he
visited Tiruthani and prayed to
God that he would offer part of
his tongue cut with knife at
Bali Peetam and when he returned
back his sickness went off. Then
he went to Palani by foot and he
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things happening on his way. Then he returned
back and started to worship Lord Muruga in
the small hut. When started to feel that
his life is going to be an end he
requested his close friend Ratnaswami to
continue the pooja activities to the
Murugan painting, which he was
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Vadapalani
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doing. And Ratnaswami
started to do the pooja work as he
promised his friend and he built a small
shrine and he also started to give Arul
vakku. The public started to offer money
to him and this was used to erect the
Temple but before the Temple got
finished Ratnaswami also expired.
Then entered into the
arena some humanist philanthropists who
metamorphosed that simple hut into a
superb spiritual abode. Among the
builders, the renowned Saiva Pravakta
Kripananda Variyar's name takes first
place. Thus emerged this great Muruga
kshetra, and now a great temple drawing
a steady streams of pilgrims throughout
the year.
There are many sannadhi’s inside the Temple
Varasiddhi Vinayaka,
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Chokkanathar, Mother Parvati, Kali, Bhairava,
Shanmuga with Valli and Devasena.
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Vadapalani
Murugan
Temple Tank |
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The moolavar in standing posture resembles the
Palani Muruga in every respect. In
the inner prakara, there are many
niches housing Dakshina Murti,
Chandikeswar, Mahalakshmi, etc., It
has a spacious hall used for
conducting marriages and religious
discourses. It is one of the
most-frequented Murugan shrines in
the city of Chennai.
The entrance to this temple
is crowned with a rajagopuram
adorned with several stucco images
depicting legends from the Skanda
puranam.
In front of the temple
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is
the temple tank.
The
eastern tower rises to a height of 40.8
metres. The 108 bharata natyam dance
gestures can be seen on the eastern tower
as well.
This
temple is dedicated to Lord Muruga,
worshipped as Lord of Tamil, by the people
of Tamil Nadu. Although Lord Muruga in
this temple has become very popular among
the devotees, this temple is a
full-fledged Siva temple with
"Sanctum Sanctorums" for Lord
Shiva, Goddess Parvathi, Lord Ganesh, in
addition to Lord Muruga. Another God
who is more popular in this temple is Lord
Anjaneya, whose figure is sculpted on a
pillar. Devotees apply butter to Lord
Anjaneya and pray for the fulfillment of
their wishes. This temple became popular
more because of the patronage of the
film-industry as most of the activities
are concentrated in and around Kodambakkam
and Vadapalani. More than 7000 marriages
have taken place in the temple premises
because people consider it auspicious for
getting married there. This temple is
always bustling with activity throughout
the year and attracts devotees from far
and wide.
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