About Navanideeshwarar 𝑻emple, 𝑺ikkal

𝑵𝑨𝑽𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑬𝑺𝑯𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑹  𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑬,  𝑺𝑰𝑲𝑲𝑨𝑳

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒉𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒕𝒊 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍

Bhagwan Shiva created Bhagwan Subramanya for the sole purpose of destroying the demon Surapadman. Once Bhagwan Subramanya reached the suitable age, He came to this very place and meditated upon His parents, to pray for sufficient mental and physical strength to overcome the demon. Goddess Parvathi was pleased with Her son’s prayers created a Vel  to Skanda. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 "𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐢 𝐕𝐞𝐥" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐥.

The most famous festival that is celebrated in this temple is Maha Skandha Sashti which is celebrated for six days and on the fifth day of the festival, Skandha receives His Vel from His mother Velnedunkanni. This is known as the “Vel Vaangum Thiruvizha” 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚  𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲. It is believed that this is because of the tension & the anger of Bhagwan Muruga who is ready to kill the Asura. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐥’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐦.

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