Sri Karunellinathaswamy (Murugan,siva) temple

	Moolavar	:	Karunellinathar (Chokkappan)
	Urchavar	:	-
	Amman / Thayar	:	Chokki
	Thala Virutcham	:	Karunelli
	Theertham	:	Arjuna River
	Agamam / Pooja	:	-
	Old year	:	1000-2000 years old
	Historical Name	:	Tiruthangal
	City	:	Tiruthangal
	District	:	Virudhunagar
	State	:	Tamil Nadu

Temple History:

The shrine of Lord Muruga was built by a devotee named Arumuga Thambiran.  He used to visit Palni each year for darshan of Lord Muruga.  During one such annual padayatra, he could not cross a canal on the way as he grew old.  He stayed there itself and performed pujas.  When he dug the earth to make oven for cooking, he got gold coins which he used to build the temple.  People celebrate Muruga of this place-Tiruthangal- as powerful and graceful as He is in Palni.

Greatness Of Temple:

During their exile, Pandavas stayed in Chaturagiri forests near the western ghats for sometime.  They could not see water for bathing and performing their daily pujas.  At the dawn when Sun was rising, Arjuna prayed to Mother Ganga and applied an arrow on earth which split and brought forth a river.  This is Arjuna River.  Bathing in this holy river cleanses the devotee of all his/her sins, it is firmly believed.

As in Palni, Lord Muruga graces darshan in an ascetic form.  This is a very ancient temple which has a mention in the celebrated Tamil epic Cilapathikaram.

Thanks giving:

Devotees offer hair (tonsuring) to Lord Muruga. Offer Dhoti and Sari to Lord and Mother with special abhishek and aaradhana. Feed the devotees visiting the temple (annadhana) and distribute the nivedhana to the devotees.

Prayers

Marriages are finalized for those praying on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Pradosha worship cures diseases.  Women joining Poornima –Full Moon- puja are blessed with longevity of their husbands ensuring blessing of longevity of their Mangalya sutras.  Praying Lord Muruga on Karthika star days reduces the intensity of ill fates

General Information:

As in Palni, Lord Muruga graces darshan in an ascetic form.  This is a very ancient temple which has a mention in the celebrated Tamil epic Cilapathikaram.

Address

Sri Karunellinathaswami Temple, Tiruthangal, Virudhunagar district.

Opening Time:

The Temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

Temple's Speciality:

River Arjuna was created by Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers.

Festival

Chithirai festival in April-May, 11 day Karthikai festival in November-December, special festival for Palaniandi, Tiruvilakku puja to Mother Meenakshi on all Poornima-full moon days, procession of Lord Shiva on Pradosham days – 13th day either from new moon or full moon day – Abishek and pujas to Mother Durga on all Tuesdays, special pujas on Tamil and English new year days, Deepavali, Pongal are the festivals celebrated in the temple. The crowd is huge on New Moon, Full Moon days and Pradosha days in the temple.

Location :
Tiruthangal is 24 km from Virudhunagar. Bus facilities are available conveniently.

Near By Railway Station :
Madurai and Sivakasi

Near By Airport :  
Madurai