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Swaminatha Swamy Temple, Swamimalai

Murugan as Swaminatha Swamy

Swaminatha Swamy Temple, Swamimalai

Swaminatha Swamy Temple at Swamimalai near Kumbakonam is one of the six sacred Arupadai Veedu shrines of Murugan and is associated with Murugan teaching the meaning of Pranava to Shiva.

Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu

Temple

अवलोकन

मुख्य देवता
Murugan as Swaminatha Swamy
मंदिर का प्रकार
Temple
स्थान
Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu

मंदिर सारांश

Swaminatha Swamy Temple at Swamimalai is a major Murugan pilgrimage shrine near Kumbakonam. It is revered as one of the six Arupadai Veedu, the traditional sacred abodes of Murugan.

इतिहास

The temple has a long worship tradition and is closely associated with the sacred narrative in which Murugan, as Swaminatha, explains the meaning of the Pranava mantra to Shiva.

महत्त्व

Swamimalai is especially revered for the guru symbolism of Murugan as Swaminatha. The shrine is one of the six principal Murugan pilgrimage centres in Tamil tradition.

वास्तुकला

The hill shrine is approached by sixty steps traditionally associated with the sixty-year Tamil calendar cycle, with the principal Murugan sanctum placed above the lower shrines.

यात्रा मार्गदर्शिका

आस-पास ठहरने, भोजन और आकर्षण के स्थान

आस-पास के होटल, रेस्तराँ, मंदिर और आकर्षण इस मंदिर के लिए चुनी हुई यात्रा प्रविष्टियों के रूप में रखे जाते हैं।

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