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Murugan Bhakti is devotion or bhakti (literally 'participation') directed towards the pan-Indian divinity Murugan ('tender youth') as He is known in South Indian Tamil tradition, or Skanda-Kumara as He is known in North Indian Sanskrit tradition.

We would like to invite you to the 150th year celebration of a continuously practiced Panguni Uthiram Kavadi tradition a...
24/03/2026

We would like to invite you to the 150th year celebration of a continuously practiced Panguni Uthiram Kavadi tradition at Palani, a rare example of sustained cultural continuity through community participation.

The event will bring together devotees, community members, cultural practitioners, and public representatives, offering a meaningful opportunity for observation, engagement, and documentation of a living tradition in practice.

We would be honoured to have your presence, guidance, or academic interest in engaging with this occasion.

Please find the invitation and a brief note attached below for your reference.

Warm regards,
Sri Bala Dhandayuthapani Theertha Kavadi
Vadipatti & Kullaveeranpatti Group

On behalf of the Organising Committee
Ranjith - +91 8971237057
Hari - +91 6366013103
Santosh - +91 9731067677

The story of Skanda or Murugan fairly bursts with familiar motifs distributed worldwide. His most poignant image is that...
28/10/2025

The story of Skanda or Murugan fairly bursts with familiar motifs distributed worldwide. His most poignant image is that of the Bambino, the Holy Child (and Holy Terror) who is none other than the Sanat Kumara, Eternal Youth personified. He is born directly from the unknown and unknowable Source of all life.

However young and tender, he is the Jnana Pandita ('Expositor of Gnosis') who expresses the sacred wisdom of Summa Iruttal,the divine art of 'simply being', content and happy in the omnipresent busom of his Divine Mother, from whom he receives his weapon the bright gleaming Vel (lance) that is his Jnana-Shakti or 'Power of Gnosis'.

Skanda or Guha 'the Hidden one', we learn, appears on earth in a variety of guises to achieve the defeat of Terror personified with the application of his unfailing Jnana-Shakti, the brilliant 'spear' of wisdom that is fashioned from the sun and is represented as having the same color as the rising sun (Sanskrit: Bala-Suriya-Sama-Prabha). He is repeatedly urged to 'come' by those informed enthusiasts (bhaktas) who liken his appearance to the rising of the Sun at dawn.

13/06/2025

திருச்செந்தூர் தலபெருமை அவ்வகையில் சூரபத்மனை வதம் செய்யச் சென்ற முருகப்பெருமான், படைகளுடன் தங்கியிருந்த தலம....

09/03/2025

THIRUPPUGAZH ISAI VAZHIPAADU as a part of Maha Kumbabishekam Celebrations Arulmigu Kayarohana Swamy Temple Nagapattinam 07-02-2025

08/03/2025

தமிழில் மொழி பெயர்கப்பட்டுள்ள முருகன் பக்தி கட்டுரைகள்

19/02/2025

Thiruppugazh Isai Vazhipaadu by Sri E.N.Murthy, Smt Chithra Murthy and students at Arulmigu Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvaiyaru on 02-02-2025

09/02/2025

தைப்பூசம் போது பக்தர்கள் பல்வேறு வழிபாட்டு பணிகளை நடத்தி, தங்களது துயரங்களைத் தீர்க்கும் வகையில் முருகன் பாத.....

09/02/2025

Wherever a Muruga temple is located; whether in India, USA, Singapore, Malaysia or Sri Lanka, Thai Pusam is celebrated there with gaiety, enthusiasm and devotion. But at Muruga temples in Palani, Thai Pusam is an especially grand and spectacular event.  

08/02/2025

Murugan a vegetarian god? Unraveling the debate with literary and historical evidence As ‘outsiders’ mar religious harmony and create tensions at Thiruparankundram over animal sacrifice, scholars point to Sangam-era evidence of meat offerings to challenge contemporary claims about the deity’s ...

23/01/2025

Discover Myths and Legends of the Thaipusam – Tamil Nadu’s Lord Murugan festival. Where Devotees carry the kavadi and pierce their backs, cheeks and mouths.

23/01/2025

When Lord Dandapani appears before us as a yogi who has renounced all his relations and possessions, how can we approach Him with a mind full of desires?

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Kataragama

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