On the Old
Mahabalipuram Road, around 40 kilometers away from Chennai is the famous temple
of Lord Muruga… it is Sree Kanthaswamy Temple at Thiruporur.
It is an
ancient temple – the Lord capable of granting us boons, Sri Kandaswamy here
graces with Valli and Deivanai. The moorthi here is believed to be ‘suyambu’ –
self made. According to legend, this
place is hailed as ‘yuthapuri’. Just as
Lord Muruga fought and defeated demons at Thiruchendur and Thiruparankundram,
here to the destroyed the evils.
According to
temple records, Muruga fought "Thalayaya Asuran" on air and this connotes the vanquishing of
"arrogance or pride". Thiruporur as the very name suggests, is the
venue of war ("Por" in Tamil means war). There is also the century old Adhinam known
as Thiruporur Adhinam Srimad Chidambara Swamy here.
For sure a holy place does need a
reference to cinema to be famous – yet this is place associated with the hit
movie ‘Kanthaswamy’ …. Super hero, unearthing of black money, doing good to depraved in
the name of God, super computing, hacking – many of the Hollywood ideas were
put inside the entertaining film of
Vikram in lead role – a movie of hero reaching out to poor and needy
people who still crave for a square meal from out of enormous riches of super
rich a la Robinhood was ‘Kanthasamy’…………. the film takes reference to the
famous Murugan Temple at Thiruporur
where thousands of people tie piece of paper containing their wish – on
the tree (sthalavriksham), a tradition followed in many villages.
On 11th
Sept. 2014, Kumbabishekam was performed here – thousands of devotees visited
the Temple and had darshan of Lord Muruga.
Visit the temple and get the blessings of Kumaraswamy.
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