Murugan Arul Pravagam, the first multimedia CD-ROM on the various popular temples of Lord Muruga, is exclusively designed and developed to cater to Muruga bhaktas all over the world. The striking feature of the temples of Lord Muruga is that each and every one of them is unique and has great historical and mythological significance. Hence every ancient Murugan temple has its own story or sthalapuranam to tell. The Murugan Arul Pravagam CD-ROM series aims to bring out the uniqueness of each of Murugan's holy Srines.

Murugan Arul Pravagam is a unique compilation in text, graphics, audio, video and stills of information on:

location	hill	temple	water source	holy tree
deities	mythology	history	worship	pujas
festivals	inscriptions	literature	hymns	songs

This CD-ROM is bilingual and the data is available in Tamil and English. Great care is taken to make the software user-friendly and highly interactive.

Another important feature of this CD is the audio component. Mambalam Sisters have rendered two songs set to melodious music. This is meant to be the daily prayer for Muruga bhaktas. The hymns have been selected with great care. (Editor's note: The audio selections on this CD-ROM are superb.)

Potri 108 by Senthil Thuravi

Saranapathu by Ramalinga Adigal

An exclusive video segment is also being incorporated. The temples covered are:

Murugan Arul Pravagam is a multimedia masterpiece on Lord Muruga that will be a proud possession for any Murugan devotee. Murugan Arul Pravagam was designed and developed by:

JKC Multimedia
22/3 East Mada Street
Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004 India
Phone: 91-44-4611116 / 4611115
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Kumarakottam
Kumarakottam is where Kandapuranam was written and staged. Lord Muruga is said to have helped the poet-saint with the first line of Kandapuranam Tigada Chakram and also blessed him with the consecration of Kandapuranam. Hence this place is noted for Murugan adiyargal. Somaskanda Moorthy is another important form of Lord Siva. In this form goddess Parvati is on the left of Lord Siva and we find Lord Muruga in between the two. Chennimalai: The temple of Tiru Kumarakottam of Kanchipuram is in the form of Somaskanda Moorthy, as it lies in between Tiruvekambar and Tirukamakotti.

Marudamalai
The holy Srine of Marudamalai is believed to remove both physical and mental afflictions and attachments as the hill abounds in medicinal herbs. The pleasant breeze and the peaceful environments bring harmony and quietness to the minds of devotees. Saints and sages have long preferred this hill and would come here in search of Kayakalpam the divine medicine for salvation. The celestial cow Kamadhenu is believed to have grazed in the pastures of this hillock and drunk from the springs under the marudam tree as per Perur Puranam written by Kachiappa Munivar.

Chennimalai:
The most famous temple of Lord Muruga in Coimbatore district is Chennimalai. This world-famous temple of Lord Muruga is where Lord Arunagirinathar was blessed with Padikasu, wealth of coins.

This is where an unusual phenomenon, rather a miracle took place in the year 1984 on 12th February. On that eventful day two bullocks of their own accord pulled a bullock cart up the 1320 steps. Saravana Munivar wrote the most popular Chennimalai Sthalapuranam 700 years ago. Milk and curds are used as special offerings to Lord Muruga in Chennimalai and it is the general belief that curds do not become sour here.

Tiru Murugan Poondi
Tiru Murugan Poondi has been praised in hymns written by Sundara Moorthy Nayanar and others. It is one of the most popular Saivaite temple in the district of Coimbatore. It is here that Lord Siva is believed to have shown his divine presence to the poet Sundara Moorthy Nayanar. Holy saints like Agasthiar, Markandeyar and Duruvasar have worshipped in the temple. Saint Duruvasar is said to have brought the Kurukathi Tree from the abode of Indra to this temple and hence it gets the name Madhavi Vanam. This temple has a treasure house of inscriptions and has been referred in ancient literature. Dolamy, a foreign researcher, refers to this place as Masthanur. He belongs to the pre-Christian era. People afflicted with mental illness get relief when they worship in this temple. This place is referred as Poondi Managar in Tevaram by Sundarar, as Tirunagar by Ilayan Kavirayar and Kongu Rajapuram by Arunagiri in Tiruppugazh. It is the general custom to also call this place as Kandamapuri.

Vayalur:
Lord Muruga blessed the saint poet Arunagirinathar at Vayalur and initiated him to write Tiruppugazh. Arunagirinathar wrote 18 verses (910-927) on Vayalur in the famous Tiruppugazh. Lord Natarajar is in the Sadura Thanda pose in this temple.

Viralimalai:
Viralimalai temple is specially known for the peacocks that are found in plenty. Cigar is a unique offering similar to the sandal paste offered to Lord Dandayudhapani during arthajama puja in Palani. During the reign of Ramachandra Thondaiman of Pudukottai, the Lord is believed to have appeared in his dream and requested the offering of cigars for the Kalasandhi and Sayaratchai puja. The king is said to have been cured of his diseases after the offer of cigars to the Lord according to history. We also find a number of caves in which the saints and yogis were in penance. This is a place where the Lord blesses the devotees the power to control the indriyas or senses. Naradar and Kasiyappar had offered prayer to Lord Subrahmanya for getting their sins propitiated. The dumb Sivachariyar got his speech after offering pujas to Lord Muruga. These and many more are the specialties of this temple.

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