Tag Murugan

Temple Where ‘Children are Given Away’ Viralimalai

There is a practice of Giving away one's Son or Daughter to the Lord as a vow when some faces acute problems and the child is being taken back as by Foster parents, normally Grandparents or Uncles.

It is a Belief that problems are resolved.
The practice of Yoga bestows on one some special powers as an offshoot of the spiritual Discipline..

Those who want to advance in the Spiritual quest ignores them for they are an impediment to Spiritual Progress.

Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa admonished a a man who boasted to Ramakrishna that he had spent 12 years of sadhana,Spiritual Practice and acquired the ability to walk on Water by demonstrating it,

-You have wasted 12 years of your Life for a thing which can be achieved by paying Half anna (roughly 3paise)-in Dollar Terms, it is near Zero"

Those who discard them become great.

Arunagirinathar was a saint of recent Prigin and he was a Devotee of Lord Muruga.

He excelled in Bhakti Yoga(I shall write on him later).

Lord Subrahmanya bestowed on him The Eight Special Powers At Viralimalai,near Tiruchirapalli.

Predictably, though Arunagirinathar accepted these Siddhis with all humility he was not enamoured of them.

Viralimalai is located near Tiruchi, about an hour and a Half drive.

The temple is closed between 12 and 4 pm.

Lord Shiva, Parvati and Lord Subramanya are Deities here. with Lord Subramanya being the presiding Deity.

The temple can be reached easily from Tiruchi and lies on the Perambalur Road and Transport is no problem.

‘God Sweats’ On A Specific Day, Time

I have posted a couple of blogs on odd unexplainable Phenomena in Temples of India.

Temples are places where Hindus worship, though it is not mentioned in the Vedas.

In fact the Vedas do not advocate collective worship at all.

This practice came into being after the advent of the Agamas.

For details on this subject please read my posts on Agamas under Hinduism,Indian Philosophy.

Hinduism is intertwined with the lives of the Hindus to such an extent that even many who are Hindus do not know that they are practicing what Hinduism said without realizing it.

Islam and Christianity have adapted themselves to Hindu thought processes in some respects.

Christians call The Bible, in Tamil Nadu, Vedagamam; women apply stickers in their foreheads(Kungumam, Tilak);wear Mangal Sutra;

Churches like Shrine Velankanni celebrate their Christian festivals with Dwajarohanam and pulling of chariots.

Muslims in Tamil Nadu also follow the practice of Dwajarohanam and Chariot pulling (Nagore Dargah Chandana Kood(Sandal Canopy Festival)

Such is magnetism of Hinduism that Human beings apply all attributes of Man to God.

One becomes tense and sweats in anger and Righteous Indignation.

This one notices.

In God?

Yes.

There is a Temple near Tiruvarur/Nagapattinam , Tamil Nadu, where the Lord Subramanya Sweats !

Legend has it that he was handed over A Spear by Mother Goddess Parvati, to slay the Demon Soora Padma.

Amidst the Festivities of Kandashasti, Parvati hands over the Spear)Vel) to Lord Sinagra SingaraVelar, when Sweat Beads breaks out on the forehead of the Idol that has been taken out in procession!

Incidentally, The Idol is the most beautiful of all the idols of Lord Muruga.