BALASUBRAMANIAM TEMPLE, UTTIRAMERUR
The Uttiramerur Balasubramaniam temple can be seen from the Sundaravaradha rajar temple and is very near to it. The Balasubramaniam temple has a 5 tier Gopuram.
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This place also has the Tamil Name - Ilayanar Velur - to denote that the Lord stood on his Vel and protecting the rishis under penance from the Asuras, Ilayanar meaning youth Muruga and Velur meaning his Vel in that place. This was a forest region and the river that was flowing through this place was then kwown as Uttaravahini, now known as Seyyaru.
Many sages were performing Penance here and Kashyapa Muni had his hermitage and was doing penance. Two demons Magran and Mulayan were giving him trouble while penance and when the Sage sought the help of Kadambanathar, he said his younger son would help the Sage to overcome the problem. Lord also told the Sage, that he would give his sword to Murugan to eliminate the demons. As told by his father, he summoned the demons and advised them to stop worrying the Sage Kashyap. But they did not heed to his advice and thus Lord Muruga eliminated both of them by keeping his Vel as guard on the eastern side of the hermitage and severing the head of Magaran with the sword given by his father. Mulayan tried to escape by using the Maya taught by the mother of Surapadma but could not do so, as he was killed by the Sword of Lord Shiva. The place where the head of Malayan fell is known as Malayankulam and the where Magaran was killed, is known as Magaral.
Thirupugazh slabs mounted on the walls of the temple:
Elephant is the Vahana of Murugan here, as he got Peacock only after killing Surapadman.
In fact, thre is a vigraha of Murugan on the elephant Iravatham in Margaleeswarar temple near Uttiramerur.
Temple Timings:
05.00 AM - 08.00 AM
04.00 PM - 07.00 PM
The Uttiramerur Balasubramaniam temple can be seen from the Sundaravaradha rajar temple and is very near to it. The Balasubramaniam temple has a 5 tier Gopuram.
here are shrines for Ekambaranathar, Mahatripurasundari, Kasi Viswanathar, Santhana Ganapathi and Vel in the form of Velayuthamurthy in the inner prakara itself. Lord Kadambanathar is in northeast corner and enables Lord Subramanya to worship him. The Velayuthamurthy is in the northwest corner. The Unjal and Vasantha mandapams are in the outer prakara. The Balipeetam and Kodimaram are here.
Lord Balasubramaniam here is stands gracious with 6ft tall and with a beautiful Vel and flag staff with the Cock. The time when I went for Darshan was in the evening and the sayankala pooja with deepa arti was going on. Mother Gajavalli - combination of Valli and Devayanai is on the left. It is said that the depth to which the Vel kept by the Lord to protect the Kashyapa Muni is not known. Sumithiri Chandikeswara is in the place of Chandikeswara.
Velayuthamurthy
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This place also has the Tamil Name - Ilayanar Velur - to denote that the Lord stood on his Vel and protecting the rishis under penance from the Asuras, Ilayanar meaning youth Muruga and Velur meaning his Vel in that place. This was a forest region and the river that was flowing through this place was then kwown as Uttaravahini, now known as Seyyaru.
Many sages were performing Penance here and Kashyapa Muni had his hermitage and was doing penance. Two demons Magran and Mulayan were giving him trouble while penance and when the Sage sought the help of Kadambanathar, he said his younger son would help the Sage to overcome the problem. Lord also told the Sage, that he would give his sword to Murugan to eliminate the demons. As told by his father, he summoned the demons and advised them to stop worrying the Sage Kashyap. But they did not heed to his advice and thus Lord Muruga eliminated both of them by keeping his Vel as guard on the eastern side of the hermitage and severing the head of Magaran with the sword given by his father. Mulayan tried to escape by using the Maya taught by the mother of Surapadma but could not do so, as he was killed by the Sword of Lord Shiva. The place where the head of Malayan fell is known as Malayankulam and the where Magaran was killed, is known as Magaral.
Thirupugazh slabs mounted on the walls of the temple:
Elephant is the Vahana of Murugan here, as he got Peacock only after killing Surapadman.
In fact, thre is a vigraha of Murugan on the elephant Iravatham in Margaleeswarar temple near Uttiramerur.
Temple Timings:
05.00 AM - 08.00 AM
04.00 PM - 07.00 PM
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