On the first day of the Iyppasi month Annabhishegam and Special Poojas are performed and the procession of Utsava idol is conducted.ĩ. During the Purattasi month Navarathiri festival is conducted for 9 days.Ĩ. On the first day of Chithirai month Annabhishegam and Special Pooja are performed and a procession of Utsava idol is conducted during night.ħ. On the last Friday of every Tamil month Special Pooja and procession of Utsava idol is conducted.Ħ. The Utsava idol is taken in procession during night.ĥ. On the first day of every Tamil month, Ganapathy Homam and Special Pooja are performed. Special Abishegam is performed to Jayanthi Nathar and the Utsava idol is taken in the golden chariot in the night.Ĥ. 108 Thiruvilakku pooja is performed on the Karthigai day every month. Special Pooja is performed on Sukla Sashti day in every Tamil month and the procession of deity during night takes place.ģ. On the Visakam day Special Abishegam for Lord Shanmuga is performed and the procession of deity during night is conducted.Ģ.
This story is shown through paintings inside the temple.Potris perform poojas for Lord Subramanyan, Sivacharyas for Lord Shanmugha and Iyyangars for Lord Perumal. Later, Lord Murugan appeared in a dream to Vadamaliyappa Pillai, an ardent devotee of Murugan, and revealed the place in the sea where the idol had been abandoned.Vadamalaiyappa Pillai, and Athitha Nadar a sponsor of services in the Thiruchendur temple, went to the spot in a fishing boat and retrieved the idol in 1653. References are available in such texts as Purananru, Silappadikram, Tirumurugatrupadai, Adi Sankarar r Subramanya Bhujangam, Kanda Purnam, Tiruppukazh, Tiruchendur Pillai Tamil, etc. With its lofty tower of about 140 feet, it has a holy past dating back to 2,000 years, if not earlier. They dropped the idol in the middle of the sea and the storm stopped immediately. O ne of the six places of worship dedicated to Lord Muruga, the shore temple of Arulmigu Subramanya Swami at Tiruchendur has a unique significance as the culmination of the concept of Muruga. However, while leaving, the Dutch removed the idol of the main deity of the temple, and took it with them.ĭuring their way in sea, they encountered a massive storm and realised their mistake of stealing the sacred idol.
The Dutch finally vacated the temple on orders from the local Naik rulers.
#TIRUCHANDUR MURUGAN FREE#
The local people tried to free their temple, but with no success. The Murugan temple at Thiruchendur was occupied by the Dutch from 1646 to 1648, during the course of their war with the Portuguese. Devotees undergo a Ritual Cleansing by bathing in well water after bathing in the ocean.ĭutch occupation of the Thiruchendur Temple : The inner Sanctum of the temple is in a cave and the main deity or Moolavar is Murugan as a saintly child, portrayed in a granite carving.Ī sacred well fed by a freshwater spring, is located 100 m (330 ft) south of the temple. The principal entrance faces south, and opens into the first of two Prakarams, the first of which is lined with rows of Yalis. The temple, which is built near the seashore, measures 91 m (299 ft) north to south, 65 m (213 ft) east to west, and has a nine-tier Gopuram, or temple tower gate, that is 157 feet (47 meter) high. Hence the town of Tiruchendur was chosen for the temple. It is believed that the demigods of Murugan wanted to worship him in a place where there was a mountainous tract, sea and river.
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