Saturday, July 17, 2010


Om Murugan Namah ..
My all Respected friends , didi and Aunties Ji .
Today I am going to to introduce all of you with God Murugan. Murugan is his Tamil name Sanskrit name is Kartiksamy.

In tamil Sangam literature Murugan described as. olkappiyam, possibly the most ancient of the extant Sangam works, glorified Murugan, " the red god seated on the blue peacock, who is ever young and resplendent," as " the favoured god of the Tamils."

The Sangam poetry divided space and Tamil land into five allegorical areas (tinai) and according to the Tirumurugarruppatai( circa 400-450 A.D.) attributed to the great Sangam poet Nakkiirar, Murugan was the presiding deity the Kurinci region (hilly area). (Tirumurugaruppatai is a deeply devotional poem included in the ten idylls (Pattupattu) of the age of the third Sangam).

Tamil Sangam Literature (early centuries A.D.) mentions Murugu as a nature spirit worshipped with animal sacrifices and associated with a non-Brahmanical priest known as a Velan, a name later used to refer to the deity himself. The worship of Murugu often occurred in the woods or in an open field, with no particular associated structure. The rituals practiced included the Veriyaattu, a form of ritual-trance-dancing, which is still a common part of Murugan worship in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Malaysia. Murugu was believed to hold power over the chaotic and could be appeased by sacrifices and Veriyaattu to bring order and prosperity.

The other Sangam era works in Tamil that refer to Murugan in detail include the Paripaatal, the Akananuru and the Purananuru.One poem in the Paripaatal describes the veneration of Murugan thus:

In Sanskrit Literature

The references to Murugan in Sanskrit literature can be traced back to the first millennium BCE. There are references to Subrahmanya in Kautilya's Arthashastra, in the works of Patanjali, in Kalidasa's epic poem the Kumarasambhavam and in the Sanskrit drama Mricchakatika. The Kushanas, who governed from what is today Peshawar, and the Yaudheyas, a republican clan in the Punjab, struck coins bearing the image of Skanda. The deity was venerated also by the Ikshvakus, an Andhra dynasty, and the Guptas.[9] The worship of Kumāra was one of the six principal sects of Hinduism at the time of Adi Shankara. The Shanmata system propagated by him included this sect. In many Shiva and Devi temples of Tamil Nadu, Subrahmaṇya is installed on the left of the main deity.

Sati, the consort of Shiva immolated herself at the Daksha Yagna, which was later destroyed by Shiva. Sati was reborn as Uma, or Parvati the daughter of the mountain king Himavaan (the Himalayas). Shiva withdrew himself from the universe and engaged himself in yogic meditation in the Himalayas.[citation needed]

In the meanwhile, the demon Surapadman ravaged the earth and tormented its beings. It was realized by the gods that only the son born of Shiva could lead the gods to victory over Tarakasuran, Surapadman and their demon companions. They plotted with Kamadeva, to shoot a flower arrow at Shiva, as he sat in meditation, so as to make him fall in love with Parvati. When Kama aimed his arrow, Shiva opened his third eye and burned Kama to ashes instantly.[citation needed]

The sparks of the fiery seed of Shiva were unbearable; even the fire God Agni could not bear them; this fire was then transported by the river Ganga into the Saravana forest into a pond called the Saravana Poigai(located at mouths of river Ganga), where the sparks became six children. They were raised by the six Krittika or Kartika - the stars that make up the Pleiades, earning the name Karthikeya. Parvati combined these six babies into one with six faces, i.e. Shanmukha or Arumugan. Since he was born in the Saravana he was also called 'Saravanabhava'. [citation needed]

Murugan became the supreme general of the demi-gods then escorted the devas and led the army of the devas to victory against the demons. The six sites at which Karthikeya sojourned while leading his armies against Surapadman are Tiruttanikai, Swamimalai, Tiruvavinankudi (Palani), Pazhamudirsolai, Tirupparamkunram and Tiruchendur. All these sites have ancient temples glorified by the Tamil poems of Tirumurugaatruppadai of the Sangam period (circa the 3rd century AD).And these six sites collectively came to be known as "Arupadai Veedu" (Lang:Tamil), it means the six battle camps of the Lord


Amar Nath ..

ॐ कार्तिक स्वामी नमः
आज मैं आप सभी को भगवन कार्तिक स्वामी के बारे मैं बताता हूँ .
संस्कृत साहित्य के अनुसार
माता सती जी बह्गावं शिव जी की भार्या थी. राजा प्रजापति दक्ष ने अपनी यज्ञ मैं शिव जी को नहीं बुलाया था.
माता सती जी ने अपने प्राणों की आहुति हवन कुण्ड मैं दे दी . शिव जी ने माता सती की मर्त्यु के बाद सन्यास ग्रहण कर लिया.
और योगी के रूप मैं तपस्या करने लगे. राक्षस ताराकसुर प्रथ्वी पर बहुत उत्पात मचा रखा था. तारकासुर को भगवन ब्रह्मा का बरदान प्राप्त था .
ताराकसुर को केवल भगवान् का पुत्र ही मार सकता था.
माता उमा (पारवती) रजा हिमालय की पुत्री थी . भागवान शिव जी और माता उमा की शादी हुई .
मुरुगन ( कार्तिक स्वामी ) भगवान शिवाजी और माता पारवती के पुत्र थे.
मुरुगन ने तारकासुर का वध करने प्रथ्वी वासियों को उसके हत्याचारों से छुटकारा दिलाया .

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