HINDU TEMPLES
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Moolavar - Tiru Aavinankudi Kuzhandai Velayuthar Festivals Thai Poosam December-January Mahasivarathri Sangabishekam February-March Speciality All the importance attributed to Tiruvannamalai Girivalam applies to this temple too. Girivalam, circumambulating the hill is specially followed during the Agni Nakshatra time in peak summer. Uniqueness Many industrialists and businessmen have Lord Muruga as their partner and pay a share of their profits to him. Address Sri Dandayuthapani(Kuzhandai Valayuthar) Temple, Palani- 624 601, Dindigul.
Address : Palani
Contact Time : 0600:2100
Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathi are seated atop Mount Kailas. One day, Lord Narada comes and gifts them a celestial fruit. The two sons of Lord Siva, namely Ganapathy and Murugan, demand the entire fruit for each of them. Siva announces a competition and promises to give the fruit to the one who wins the test. The condition is they should go round the world and reach back first. Both agree to it and Ganapathy makes a circumambulation of His parents, reaches first, and wins the fruit. Murugan who goes on his peacock around the world reaches later and finds that Ganapathy has won the prize. He therefore gets disappointed and, renouncing the world, stands atop the Palani Hill. Siva and Parvathi come to Palani and pacifies Murugan telling him Muruga, you are yourself a divine fruit ; then why do you need a fruit? Fruit, in Tamil, is called Pazham. Hence this place came to be called as Palani, as Muruga was addressed as Palam Nee.