TIRUCHENDUR - SHANMUGA TEMPLE 

The Miracle of Shanmuga Image:

The principal image of Shanmuga worshipped now in the temple surprisingly has a fascinating tale to narrate. It was in 1648. when Europeans were trying to entrench themselves in this land. Being aliens, physically and spiritually too, they underestimated the divinity abiding in holy images, and sanctity pervading the places of worship. A certain Dutch plunderer presuming the charming image of Shanmuga made of gold managed to dismantle and carry it with him in his ship. Who could have aided him in that atrocious sacrilege? Who else, if not those blackguards, whose access to it was unrestricted. 

Moral lepers as they were, they assisted him in handing over that sacred icon and his sailing in the night. But how far! Before the temple tower vanished into the horizon, there arose a terrible hurricane which soon developed into a dreadful storm. All on a sudden at it. From where it originated, and at whose bidding are a mystery to the commoners; isn't it? And look, that frightful one tossed the ship terribly and threatened to sink it at once. Would desecration ever escape due punishment by flying or floating? No, it sinks only. There was panic. His supporters and henchmen shivered all over and started counting seconds.

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