This will be my last post of our Tamil Nadu tour. Nagalakshmi very much wanted to stay overnight here. But, like I said in one of my previous posts, we were short of time and the night halt at Palani would have added more miles to our travel. By the time we reached Palani, it was late afternoon. After the darsan, we returned towards Madurai.
Palani is situated at about 110 kms from Madurai amd 150 kms from Trichy. The Temple is situated on a hilltop, about 450 feet high. if we took the steps to climb, we may have to climb close to 700 steps. We decided to take the very comfortable Trolly (electric winch?). I remember in 1985 when I visited (along with my children) my sister (akka, who was then working as a principal of a local college in Palani) I was nervous going on that trolly with a steep upward motion. But this time, I wasn't nervous. That train made many trips each day taking devotees up and down.
The deity is Dandayadhapani, another name for Subrahmanya swami (Murugan). This is one of the six Murugan Temples one should visit. We had a wonderful darsan here. As soon as we entered the Temple, we were fortunate to witness the chariot procession sponsored by somebody. We walked around along with that party.
I don't want to go into sthala puranas about this Temple. About sage Agastya, Narada bringing a special mango, the competition between Vinayaka and Subrahmanya and so on. Once you search the internet, you can see all that.
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