Location:Swamimalai ,Near Kumbakonam
Nearest Station:Kumbakonam
Website:http://murugan.org/temples/swamimalai.htm
Speciality:Once when Brahma, the lord of all creations was proceeding to Kailasa,
the ever-playful child Lord Muruga asked him for the meaning of the
Pranava OM. When Brahma admitted his ignorance, the Lord imprisoned him.
With Brahma imprisoned, all creations came to a standstill and the
devas prayed to Lord Siva to get Brahma released. When Muruga insisted
that the imprisonment was a just punishment for the ignorance of Brahma,
Lord Siva asked him whether he himself knew the meaning of the
primordial Pranava OM. Lord Muruga said that he knew the meaning of OM
and can expound it to the latter only if he can accept him as guru and
listen to the exposition as a devoted disciple. As Lord Siva acceded to
the request of Lord Muruga and heard the exposition of OM as a disciple,
the place came to be known as Swamimalai and the presiding deity as Swaminathan.
Mantra:
OM TAT PURUSHAYA VIDMAHE, MAHASENAYA DHEEMAHE TANAU SHANMUGA PRACHODAYAT
Recommendation:One of the six sacred shrines of Lord Muruga
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