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On
account of demonstrating divine sports and drawing people to his sannidhi for
emancipation, this Muruga kshetra perched at an enviable place and made other
age-old shrines pale into insignificance; for it was to this place, celestial
dignitaries like Surya, Agni together with Mother Lakshmi accompanied by
Parvathi descended once to worship him for tiding over their difficulties and
gain illumination; it is this Lord considered as the Gnanapandit; it is this
Muruga famed as the custodian of Tamil culture and literature; it is this temple
hailed as the best among his arupadai veedugal; it is this Lord regarded as the
infant aspect of Maheswar; it is this Lord renowned as the prince charming among
the gods; it is this dauntless warrior, who subdued and destroyed all the
danavadhamas, who caused night mares to Devendra and celestials; it is this
Lord's compassion boundless that transformed Surapadma, the formidable demon
into his vehicle - Mayura according to death wish; it is this temple alone among
the six hill temples providing the old and infirm devotees with haulage winch
service for reaching his sannidhi; it is this temple's emergence coincided with
sage Agasthya's south - wards journey with his disciple Idumban, who fought
dreadfully only to become his sentinel at the end; it is this spot of his
setting foot first after leaving Kailas now goes by the name of Avinankudi; it
is at this holy place Muruga held his royal court of all gods and saints and
emancipated them; it is here he decided
to put on saffron dyed clothes and deer skin in token of eschewing worldly
possessions; it is here in the vicinity lies the Saravana Poigai - a sacred step
- well tank that destroys the accumulated sins of any person with a mere dip, or
even by symbolic use of its water sprinkling over the head; it is this
Avinankudi temple finding a place in legends as the third Padai veedus and it is
this temple's annual income through Hundi collections etc., crossing crores
enabling the temple management undertaking several humanitarian services, like
founding of premier educational institutions, running of service organisations
and with many commendable features supreme, this Muruga kshetra earned an
unenviable reputation among the temples of South India in general and Murugan
Tirukkoils in particular.
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