Guest guest Posted January 26, 2002 Report Share Posted January 26, 2002 Hi All Just wanted to comment on Murugan Many of these names for Murugan are popular in South India. The six abodes of Murugan (each for something unique) are located in Tamil Nadu, hence many festivals are celebrated for Murugan in Tamil Nadu. The following: > Since he has six faces, he is 'Shanmukha'. This is pronounced Shanmugha. Sometimes an M is added to the end (the form for peoples names) hence Shanmugam is a popular name in Tamil Nadu. There was a movie in Tamil called Aavai Shanmughi, a remake of Mrs. Doubtfire! Basically it meant the 6 faces of an aunty. Translated - shan ( I don't know meaning) mugam means 'face' litterally a six faced murugan is really translated in Tamil as Azhumugam. or Arumugram. Aru means six. the R and ZH sound is the same, but it is a sound unique only to Tamil. it is between an an l and flat r sound. Usually only Brahmins say it 'correctly' others pronounce the sound as L. Once in Madras I had to take a bus to Vadapazhani. (pazhani also is spelled palani, one of the six abodes of Murugan, and hence even Vadapazhani has a famous Murugan temple) and told the conducter Vadapazhani and not Vadapalani. He couldn't Understand! Just fyi. Will find out what 'shan' means. Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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