Arulmigu Kandasamy temple, Thiruporur

About the temple

This is one of the main shrines of Lord Murugan in Tamil Nadu.

“Por” in Tamil means war. Thiruporur is the place where the battle was fought against the “thalayaya asuran” ( connoting destruction of “arrogance or pride”.

Chidambaraswamy unearthed the Swayambu Moortis of Lord Muruga with his consorts and established the temple around 450 years ago. (Lord Muruga himself appeared as a small boy and gave him the vision of the sanctum sanctorum. Lord Meenakshi herself is said to have instructed chidambaramswamy to complete the mission of establishing this temple)

There is a separate sannadhi for Chidambaram swamy in this temple. The swayambu murthy of Lord Kandaswamy with his consorts grace the devotees visiting thiruporur.

How to reach

Thiruporur is well connected to Chennai city by bus. It is 46 km from Chennai on the Old Mahabaliburam road (OMR or IT corridor). Mahabalipuram is 16 Km away from Thirupporur. Thirupporur is also connected to Chengalpet by road.

Temple timings

The temple is open in the mornings from 06:00 am to 12:30 pm & in the evenings from 03:30 pm to 08:30 pm

Temples in proximity 

Thiruvidanthai Nithya Kalayana Perumal  temple, 
Sthala Sayana Perumal temple, Mahabalipuram 
Chemmenchery Srinivasa temple, 
Pudupakkam Anjaneya temple.

Sri Subramanya swamy temple - Tiruchendur

About the temple

The temple is among the six popular temples (Arupadai veedu) of Murugan and located just off the sea shore in Tiruchendur. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Arumugan. The place is one among the places where Lord Muruga camped with his army to defeat the demon called Surapadma. Since Lord Subramanya/Muruga wanted to pray to his father Lord Shiva after the Sura samharan, he is seen in the temple worshipping Shiva. One km long roof has been built from the town to the temple for protecting the devotees from hot sun and rains while coming to the temple.

How to reach

Tiruchendur is around 40 kms from Tuticorin and 60 kms from Tirunelveli. Tirunelveli is well connected with other cities by train and road. There are buses and train from Tirunelveli and other important cities in Tamilnadu to Tiruchendur. The nearest airport is Madurai.

Sannadhis

Lord Arumugan/Subramanya/Murugan

Dakshina moorthy

108 lingas

Arunagirinathar

Mel vasal Vinayaga

Ranganathar with Gajalakshmi, Sridevi, Bhoodevi and alwars

Nayanaars

Valliamman

Vedapuriswarar

Chandiswarar

Natarajar

Bhairavar

Saneeswarar

Parvathi amman

Kariyamanika vinayagar

and many more..

Specialty of the temple

As compared to the normal tradition of the Raja Gopuram in the east direction, the temple's raja gopuram is in the western side. This was done to protect the foundation since the sea is closer to the temple in the east.

There is a small well called Nazhikinaru from where the water keeps oozing out and the water is sweet. It is interesting to note that the water is sweet inspite of being so close to the sea.

Temple timings

The temple is open from 5 am in the morning to 9 pm in the evening.

Temples in proximity

Nava thirupathi, Punnai nagar Srinivasa temple, Karungulam Srinivasar temple