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Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tirupparankundram or Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Periyar Bus Terminus, the centre of the city and constitutes the southwest part of the Madurai city.
The temple is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Madurai in India. In the main shrine, apart from Murugan, the deities Shiva, Vishnu, Vinayaka (Ganesha) and Durga are housed. The temple follows Shaiva tradition of worship.
Carved out of the mountain, Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple is an absolute architectural marvel. The temple is one of the famous shrines in Madurai. Built in the 8th century during the reign of Pandyas, the temple has a very rare feature.
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On the outskirts of Madurai, roughly eight kilometers from the city lies one of the most prominent religious shrines India, Thiruparankundram Murugan. It is among the six abodes of Lord Murugan, called Arupadaiveedu as a whole.
Thiruparankundram is one of the six main pilgrimage sites for the devotion of the son of Shiva - Muruga (also Subramanya), Tamil Hindu god of war and patron of Tamil Nadu. Story goes that Muruga with his troops rested here after one of his famous six battles against demons.
Thiruparankundram's Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple (Kovil) is dedicated to the god Murugan (also known as Kartikeya and Subramaniya Swamy) in Thiruparankundram, Tamil Nadu, India. The Temple is one of Murugan's six abodes and is regarded as the first and foremost temple of Lord Muruga.
