![]() ![]() Since it is considered auspicious to get a glimpse of the lord on these days, devotees visit this temple from all over the world. This temple and more or less the entire town, swells with people during the festival days of Thaipoosam, Soorasamharam, Aavani festival, Maasi festival, Panguni Uthiram, Vaikasi Visagam and Karthigai Viratham. Instead, you gape in wonder at its beautiful gopuram, its sea side ambience, the underground sanctum sanctorum and its intricate Dravidian architecture. This temple is Tamil Nadu’s richest temple and is one of the most visited temples of India, but when you step foot inside this temple, you neither feel its riches or people. And each time, I am blown away by its beautiful architecture, surreal location and its seaside atmosphere. Right from my first birthday to my recent visit, I have set foot in one of India’s largest temple complexes many times. I have a personal history with this temple as it is one of those temples that my family believes in. And that too when it is just 50 metres from the sea and when damage occurred at other locations. It is a temple that was untouched by the 2004 tsunami that struck terror in coastal Tamil Nadu. This is one of those temples that has a number of unique attributes. Built on a sandstone cliff and by the Bay of Bengal, the Tiruchendur Murugan temple is the only of the 6 holy places of worship for Lord Murugan that is not located on top of a mountain or in forests. ![]()
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