The six sacred abodes

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Aru padai veedu or Aarupadai veedu or Arupadaiveedu - all these

terms refer to the six sacred temples of Hindu God Lord Karthikeya -

also known as Lord Muruga, Shanmuga, Guhan, Skanda, Subramanya and

Kumara.

All these temples are located in South India - in the state of

Tamil Nadu.Though there are thousands of temples for the Hindu god

Lord Muruga - around the globe, these six specific temples enjoy

unparalled sanctity and populaity among the devotees of Muruga or

Balasubramanya - and deserve a very special mention.

These six temples that constitute the Arupadai veedu group of

shrines are :

1.Thiruparamkunram Subramanya Swami Temple

2.Tiruchendur Sendhil Andavar Temple

3.Swamimalai Swaminatha Swami Temple

4.Palani Dandayudhapani Swamy Temple

5.Tiruthani Subramanya Swamy Temple and

6.Palamudhircholai Subramanya Swamy Temple

The origins of these temples go back by more than 2000 years.

We find references to these temples in many of the ancient tamil

language literatures like Silapathikaram.

These six places are considered to be the battle camps of Lord

Muruga (Skandha). The term padai veedu - in Tamil- means Battle

camp. Aru padai veedu means six battle camps. The six places are

believed to be six different battle camps of Lord Muruga. We find

that interesting legends and puranas are associated with each of

these temples of Kumara (Lord Muruga).

Ancient tamil work Thirumurugatupadai - sung by tamil saint

poet Nakkerar in 1st century AD, hails each of these six places with

prominance and importance. The poems also reveal that all of these

temples were well established even during the sangam age (1st to 3rd

century AD) - which only pushes the origins of these temples to

periods before christ (BC).

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