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𝑨𝑹𝑼𝑳𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑼 𝑫𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝒀𝑼𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑨𝑵𝑰 𝑺𝑾𝑨𝑴𝑰 𝑷𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑰 𝑴𝑼𝑹𝑼𝑮𝑨𝑵 𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑬

🚩 Once all Sages and Gods assembled in Kailash, the abode of Bhagwan Shiva. It resulted in the tilting of the earth towards one direction.

🚩 Bhagwan Shiva asked Sage Agastya to move towards the South to balance the tilt. Sage Agastya employed a demon named Ettumba to carry the two hills on his shoulders to be placed in the South.

🚩 The demon carried the hills down south and rested in a place. When he tried to lift one of the hills, it didn't budge and he found a young man standing at the top of the hill not allowing it to be moved.

🚩The demon tried to attack the young man but was defeated. Sage Agastya identified the young man as Murugan (Kartikeya) and asked Him to pardon the demon.

🚩 Bhagwan Murugan readily did so and let the hill remain there at Palani. It is a practice followed in the modern times where people carry milk in both their shoulders as a devotion to please Bhagwan Murugan.

🚩The demon carried the other hill to 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐢, which is another of the six abodes of Bhagwan Murugan.

🚩 The Moorti of Bhagwan Murugan in the temple is called 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 meaning 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬

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