Payanam-2 TIRUTTANI

There are 6 temples for murugan dedicated in tamilnadu. tiruttani is one of the six temples dedicated to lord subrahmanya in tamilnadu. it is a powerful temple with an ancient history. it is located nearer to many holy sites like tirupati, kanchipuram and chennai. Lord Karthikeya halted along with his entire army in tiruttani, this reason makes this town famous. the temple is situated on a small hill. the hill contains 365 steps indicating the days in a year. subrahmanya married valli amma here.

 Legend also has it that Indra the king of the Gods gave his daughter Deivayanai in marriage to Skanda, and along with her presented his elephant Airavatam as part of his dowry offering. Upon Airavatam's departure Indra found his wealth waning. Subramanyar is said to have offered to return the white elephant, however Indra bound by protocol refused to accept a gift that he had made, and insisted that the elephant face his direction, hence the image of the elephant in this temple also faces the east.

Another legend has it that Indra presented a sandal stone as a part of his daughters dowry. The sandal paste made on this stone is applied to the image of Subramanya and the applied paste is said to acquire medicinal value. Legend also has it that Skanda bore the discus thrown by the demon Tarakasuran on his chest, and hence there is a hollow in the chest region of the image of Subramanya in this temple. Legend also has it that Skanda gifted the discus to Vishnu . Skanda is also believed to have imparted knowledge of Tamil to the sage Agasthyar and he is regarded as Veeramurthy, Gnanamurthy and Acharyamurthy in this shrine.


Lord Rama, after putting an end to Ravana, worshipped Lord Siva at Rameswaram and then came to Tiruttani to find perfect peace of mind by worshipping Lord Subrahmanya here. In Dwapara Yuga, Arjuna got the blessings of our Lord here by offering prayers to Him on his way to the South for Teertha Yatra (pilgrimage to take sacred immersion). Lord Vishnu prayed to the Lord and got back His powerful Chakra (sacred wheel), Shanku (sacred conch), which were forcibly seized from Him by Tarakasura, brother of Soorapadma. Lord Brahma worshipped the Lord here at the holy spring known as Brahmasonai after his imprisonment by our Lord for his failure to explain the Pranava ('Om' mantra) and got back his creative function of which he was deprived by our Lord due to his egotistic impudence in neglecting to worship Lord Subrahmanya on his way to Mount Kailasa to worship Lord Siva. The final steps to the eastern entrance.

On worshipping our Lord at Thanikai, the king of snakes Vasuki got his bodily wounds healed, which had been caused during the churning process in the Milky Ocean to secure the Amrita (nectar of immortality) by the devas and asuras when the Mandhara parvata was used as the churning base and the snake king Vasuki as the rope. Sage Agasthyar Muni (of Potikai Hill) worshipped Lord Muruga at Tanikai.

Mallam temple,nellore,andhrapradesh

MALLAM is a beautiful place where the temple of lord Subrahmanyeswara swamy is situated.This village is in nellore district of andhrapradesh state.it is geographically situated between nayudupeta and duggarajupatnam. It is 96 kms from nellore.frequently buses are available from nayudupeta,which is 30 kms away from Mallam. any train or bus going to chennai will stop at nayudupeta. The way from nayudupeta to this temple is covered with kalakalapudi forest area leaving u amazed by its beauty.

Now lets talk about temple.

The idol in the temple is a swayambhu. The legend is as follows...the lord kumara has killed two demons here with his sakthi weapon . one of d demons named mallasura prayed god that his name should become eternal ..so lord kumara gave this village  this name mallam. The idol is so attractive that you would not want your eyes go anywhere except on that idol. the priests of thus temple chants mantras rhythmically and does a great puja daily. The lord here doesnt have hands ..this is another big story..

once a chola king named pandya bhupathi is visiting this place,he saw bamboo sticks growing on an nathill. he wants to make a palanquin using the bamboo.so he cut the bamboo trees,but what he doesnt know is that lord subrahmanya is sitting and doing penance in the anthill..lord's hands were cut due to kings mistake and blood started oozing from antshill. to get rid of this sin, king bhupathi constructed a temple here, as said by lord.

there is another story associated with the temple chariot.this chariot is must seen guys.it shows the power of architects at that time. the king asked his trusted architects to construct the temple corridor, which looks like chariot.the craftsman constructed it with utmost devotion and dedication.after the work is over, craftsmen wanted to show this magnificent chariot to his lover in thanjavur, so he gave prana to the chariot. the chariot turned 180 degrees to the direction of thanjavur and it is about to run,at same time his father came and saw his son's foolish act and cut the legs of chariot and also killed his son and himself.the broken legs of horse can be seen even today.as the chariot turned.this place is also called thirugudumallam .

 This temple is really powerful and one of d holy sites of lord subrahmanya. There are rooms available here under temple trust fr 100 rupees per day.

Don't forget this temple..this temple has many stories and powerful god is present inside. So try to visit nd get blessings from Subrahmanyeswaraswamy