Murugan

[Adai]

Questions about Murugan

1)Name all the "Arupadai Veedu" locations/names of the temples
2)Who is Murugan's mama (uncle) ?
4)How many brothers does Murugan have ?
3)What is/are Murugan's brother(s) name ?
4)Who gave Murugan his vel ?
5)Why did Murugan imprison his mama(uncle) ?

[Adai]

Answers:

1)Name all the "Arupadai Veedu" locations/names of the temples
-Tiruthani
-Tiruchendoor
-Tiruparamkundram
-Palani
-Palamoothircholai
-Swamimalai

2)Who is Murugan's mama (uncle) ?
-Thirumal, also known as Brahma.Thirumal's daughter is Deivanai.Deivanai is Murugan's first 'wife'.

4)How many brothers does Murugan have ?
-Two

3)What is/are Murugan's brother(s) name ?
-Vinayagar and Aiyappan

4)Who gave Murugan his vel ?
-Murugan's mother, Parvathi gave him the Vel.

5)Why did Murugan imprison his mama(uncle) ?
-Murugan's mama will forget the "Pranava" mantra, thus Murugan will imprison his own mama(uncle).

[Adai]

More questions on Mururgan:

1)How many fasting festivals are there for Murugan ?

[Adai]

Answers:

1)How many fasting festivals are there for Murugan ?
- 3 .They are Sasthi Virataham, Karthikai Viratham and Sukkiravara Viratham

[viki]

Hi ,

does anyone knows the significance of all the three fasting festivals for murugan as stated by adai ? Why does one fast for each specific festival and what benefits do they get from it ? Whats the story behind having such a festival ? Hope we can share more info on these festivals.

cheers

[viki]

Vanakam.


According to one of the webpages i was browsing recently, Sashti is the sixth phase of moon. Its an auspicious day for lord Muruga. According to the legend, Lord Muruga slayed the demon Soorapadman on sashti and every sashti is devoted to Lord karthikeya. So this virutham is observed by all devotees of Lord karthikeya and its observed to get progeny.



- The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams - viki

[Arularasi]

2)Who is Murugan's mama (uncle) ?
-Thirumal, also known as Brahma.Thirumal's daughter is Deivanai.Deivanai is Murugan's first wife.

Just a clarification on e above...Thirumal is certainly Murugan's mama but he aint Brahma. Instead Thirumal is Vishnu...N Deivanai is supposed to be Indra Bhagavan's daughter n not Thirumal's...pls correct me if im wrong...

[Susanth]

haha!

Yea, you are right Arul!

Indra Bhagavan? hmmm, not sure abt this..
Indra is a Deva, a celestial being right? Not Bhagavan(God)?

[Susanth]

2)Who is Murugan's mama (uncle) ?
-Thirumal, also known as Brahma.Thirumal's daughter is Deivanai.Deivanai is Murugan's first wife.

And, as I had highlighted in another post about Lord Murugan depicted with 2 'wives', they are not exactly 'wives'. There is a deeper meaning to it. They are forms of Shakthi(power), attached to the Lord.

Kriya Sakthi, Itcha Sakthi(the 'consorts') and Nyana Sakthi(the 'Vel' (the spear))..

[Priya J]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know what are the benefits of chanting/singing Kantha Sashti Kavacham? What my parents and grandparents have told me is that it protects me from ghosts and enemies. But is this true? And yes, I've seen people chant it when they are very afraid in a particular situation. I myself chant the names of Muruga when I am feeling afraid of something. It somehow sooths me. And recently I have started chanting Kantha Sashti Kavacham as well. But I would like to know what is the true meaning behind chanting it? And why are there certain lyrics within the song, like "ra ra ra ra ra ra.... ri ri ri ri... du du du du du... digu digu digu..."? Is there some meaning behind such lyrics?

~Priya~

[Arularasi]

To Susanth's post...

Does Bhagavan necessarily mean God? For instance, we call the Sun God Surya Bhagavan rite? Is HE a god? I aint too sure abt this...

Oh there's another version tt says tt Deivanai & Valli are Vishnu's daughters...

[keshav]

Hello everyone,

To Priya's post,

The chant kandhar sashti kavacham was written by devaraya swamigal. This basically serves as a protection for the person who chants it("kavasam" in tamizh is translated as armour.). For instance the lines which begin from "yen thalai vaithun yinaiyadi kaaka
" to "muppaal naadiyai munaivel kaaka" prays lord muruga to protect almost all parts of our body. And the lines from "yeppozhuthum yenai yethirvel kaaka" to "thaakka thaakka thadaiyara thaakka " talk about various situations in which the person requests the lord to protect him. (sighting the meanings given in http://www.kaumaram.com/text_new/ksk_em1.html).

[Priya J]

@Arularasi,

Just wanted to give the meaning of the word "bhagavan". The word contains "bhaga", which means qualities. A reality that has certain qualities or bhaga is called bhagavan. These qualities are six. This is mentioned by Adi Sankara in his introduction to his Bhagavad Gita commentary:

"He, the Lord, ever endowed with Knowledge, Sovereignty, Power, Strength, Valour, and Formidability..." In sanksrit, Jnanam, Aishwaryam, Vairagyam, Viryam, Yashas and Shree", these six qualities in their limitless form are called Bhaga. The one who has them is Bhagavan.

Aishwaryam - God can keep on giving us everything we want and still He doesn't become poor. He is All Wealth.

Jnanam - God is all-knowing. There is nothing in this universe, known and unknown to us, that is unknown by God. He is the Knowledge we seek.

Vairagyam - After eating a banana what is your disposition with reference to the banana peel? That is called "Vairagyam". It is this vairagyam that propels us towards Him. It is this vairagyam in God that makes Him an impartial judge.

Viryam - God has all the strength in limitless amount. He has the power to create, sustain and destroy. That is why this is a bhaga and that is why a reality with this bhaga is called a bhagavan.

Yashas - Simply means glory. It is because of HIS glory, that we live this existence. He is full of glory. There are no words to describe Him and praise Him.

Shree - Basically means prosperous. God never gets tired of always giving and never goes broke. He is the sustainer.

So basically, we can see these 6 qualities in all our Hindu mythological Gods like Murugan, Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha, Durga, Krishna, Saraswati, Lakshmi, etc.

In the context of the Gita, Krishna too had all these 6 qualities. He had aishwaryam (he was a king), he was all-knowing (he had the knowledge of God that is as good as knowing everything), he had yashas (everybody praised Krishna), he had viryam (he had powerful knowledge of weapons as a kshatriya), he had shree (he was prosperous in every aspect of his life) and he also had vairagyam (without vairagyam or dispassion, one can never know God, so obviously Krishna had vairagyam).

~Priya~