Lord Subrahmanya Killed Sura Padma, on the orders of Lord Shiva,
The day he killed Sura Padma is celebrated as Sura Samhara .
He annihilated Sura with His Spear, Vel.
Lord Subrahmanya, Neendoor,
The Vel was given to Him by Goddess Uma at Sikkil, a Town near Thiruvarur,Tamil Nadu.
The idol Lord Subrahmanya sweats on the Sura Samhara Day when the Vel is being handed over to Him by Uma.
The festival is being celebrated even to-day, please read my post on this.
The Vel being a powerful weapon, which Subrahmanya wields represents the three principles ,Icha Sakthi(Drive of Desire).Kriya(Action) and Gnana(wisdom)
The tip of the Vel, wielded by Subrahmanya always points upwards.
But in some temples of Kerala the tip of the Vel points the down ground.
This is very rare.
Legend has it that after the killing of Tharakaura, Lord Subrahmanya was inan angry mood (Ugra Bhava) and has the vel pointed downwards.
Murugan is worshipped here in the form of Devasenapathi, the supreme general of the holy forces. He is in a very angry mood as he had “Tharakasura Nigraha Bhavam”.
He faces east as seen in most of the temples.
Mahaganapathi, Dhakshinamoorthi (Lord Shiva), Thooninmel Bhagavathi (Bhadrakali), Shathavu, Durga, Nagaraja and Bhahmarakshs are installed here as subordinate deities..
Tuesday is an important day in this temple..
April – May are time of festival in this temple.
Six days main festival in this temple.
Neendoor Subrahmanya Swami Temple hosts the arattu festival celebrated on a grand scale on the Medashasti day. Thaipoosam is another famous festival.
Pandavas and Vyasa worshiped Subrahmanya here.
Airport:Cochin.
Rail.Ettumanur Rail Way Station , Kuruppan Tara Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Neendoor.
How ever Kottayam Rail Way Station is major railway station 11 KM near to Neendoor .
In a rare appearance Lord Subramanya has Conch and Discus in His hands.
Legend has it that He was given this by His Maternal Uncle Lord Vishnu before Muruga embarked on annihilating Surapadman .
Muruga with Conch and Discus
Muruga with Sangu(Conch) and Discus(Chakra) Padikkasunallur.
“Padikkasunathar temple at Alagaputhur near Kumbakonam is one such temple where the presiding deity blesses His devotees with financial prosperity.
The main deity here is also known as Swarnapureeswarar.
His consort at this temple is Alagammai or Azhagammai.
The deity taken out in processions (Utsavar) during festivals is Somaskandar.
The sthala vruksham is vilva.
The Shiva Linga is a swayam bhu or self manifested.
Alagaputhur is on the banks of the river Arasalar.
The old name for this place is Arisilkaraipudur.
This three-tiered temple is believed to be about 2000 years .
The priest at this temple was a staunch Shiva devotee who performed the daily pooja with great devotion along with all the customary offerings.
Famine and poverty struck the whole region that was once prosperous.
In spite of his poverty and the difficulty he had in making the ends meet, he never shirked from his “responsibility” of performing the daily poojas to the Lord. Please with his devotion, one night the Lord appeared in his dreams and granted a boon.
The priest wished that the village must become prosperous once again and that he himself should have enough to continue performing the daily poojas without any hurdle.
As per his wish Lord Shiva left him one gold coin at the steps of the temple everyday.
The priest used this to take care of the villagers and also to perform the daily pooja.
Soon the famine was gone and the village became prosperous once again.
The descendents of that noble priest are still the priests at this temple.
The priest performed the padikasu pooja for us.
We handed to him an even number of ten rupee notes for the pooja.
After performing the pooja the priest gave us back half of them (that is the reason for taking even number of currency notes).
The money retained by the priest is utilized for temple maintenance etc.
The priest asked us to preserve the currency notes he gave us and also issued detailed instructions on performing poojas at home using these.
Devotees believe that performing this ritual will bring prosperity.
Lord Muruga here is very unique.
He is seen with the Conch and Discus that one normally associates with Mahavishnu.
The story goes that it is the Conch and Discus given by Lord Vishnu to Muruga when He set out to wage a war on the demons
. He is seen sitting on a peacock with His consorts Valli and Deivayanai.
Since Muruga appears with both His consorts He is known as Kalyanasundara Shanmuga Subramanyar.
The decoration in the background is in the form of Om.
Talking of Om, there is a story linking this temple to the Swaminatha Swamy temple at Swamimalai.
Once Lord Brahma, the Creator was asked how he created life in the Universe.
Lord Brahma replied that he used the Pranava Mantra.
When Lord Muruga further asked Lord Brahma the meaning of the Pranava Mantra,
Lord Brahma was stumped for an answer.
An angry Muruga imprisoned Him and stripped Him of the responsibility of creation.
He took upon the responsibility Himself.
Lord Shiva approached Muruga and requested Him to free Brahma and reinstate Him as the creator.
He also wanted to know the meaning of the Pranava Mantra.
Lord Muruga taught Lord Shiva the meaning of this mantra at Swami Malai.
Later, when Lord Shiva appealed to Lord Muruga again, He relented.
He was also remorseful for having punished and insulted an elder for his ignorance.
Lord Muruga performed penance on Lord Shiva at this temple and sought forgiveness.
Lord Shiva pardoned Him and said that while pointing out of mistakes committed by the elders can be accepted, you should take sufficient care to ensure that it does not offend the elders.
This is one of the 275 Padal Petra Sthalams and all the four Great Saints have sung hymns in praise of the Lord at this temple.
This village is just about 2.5 Kames from Nachiyar Kovil on the Kumbakonam-Nachiyar Kovil-Tiruvarur route.
It is about 7 Kms from Kumbakonam. This temple is almost on the State Highway.
It is just a two-minute walk from the highway.
The bus services are frequent and is well connected with the important places around here.
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