Thank you for your kind help, and please accept our sincere appreciation. Your donation will go a long way to help Sri Murugan Temple to weather the storm and come out stronger. 100% of your donations will be used towards temple operations. This GoFundMe campaign seeks community support to help with Sri Murugan Temple, during this difficult time. This year has been especially challenging for Sri Murugan Temple that relies on these events and community donations for its operation. The event typically attracts around 50 participants and enjoyed by more than 200 hundred audiences. Thai Pongal cultural show has played an important role for fund raising through donations and tickets sales. Likewise, it was heartening to see our young talents showcasing their interest and love for our Tamil language, heritage, and culture. This year has been challenging to everyone, it did not deter our will to come together not only to celebrate Thai Pongal but our Tamil heritage as recognized by Government of Canada. New year Poja, Tamil New Year Poja, Sinhala- Tamil new year Poya and Depavaali Poja are all special.Sri Murugan Society of Alberta (SMS), Calgary Bharathi Kalai Mandram (CBKM) and Calgary Navalar Cultural Society (CNCS) extends warm gratitude to everyone who participated and attended the virtual “Calgary Celebrates Tamil Heritage Month”. Padayathra – Annual Pâda Yâtrâ or foot pilgrimage via Okanda temple and Yala National Park to Kataragama for the Esala festivities in Kataragama. Karthigi Poja – Starting on December it is a one day festival lighting coconut lamp everywhere. Kanthsasty pasting festival October – 6 days pasting days with the last day Soorasankaram it is a colorful fighting game between Murugan & Asuran. People can surf on the beach.Īnnual festival July – August date will be change on a 15 days ceremony which performs every night special poja and it culminates with a water cutting ceremony on day 15 around 100000 people participate. You can see elephants, peacocks, wild bore, deers and lots of other wildlife. There are also, five accommodation halls, good places for meditation or yoga, 35 dug wells and 30 common toilets. The land where the temple is located is 100 acres that include jungle, mountains and the beach-a very peaceful location. The current care taker or Basnayaka Nilame or Vannakar – Muthubanda Surendrarajah. All the radiations Hindu we keep the old radiations. The first born son in the family has to manage the temple.
The temple is managed by Sinhala family, they practice the Hindu religion and are the 8th generation of care takers. The god Murugan or Skanda is blessed by dream to the Muthubanda Ratemahathaya who was the first care taker or Basnayakanilame or Vannakkar family to take care this place. People from all over the world and Sri Lanka visit the Hindu, Buddhist, Christain, Muslims temples to worship and have the strong belief that if they request something they will receive it. Darshans are held in the morning and evening. The edifice is inspired by the Dravidian style of architecture and looks simply amazing and spellbinding. Idols of Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati are also placed inside the temple. Since then, Hindu people commemorate the annual Pâda Yâtrâ or foot pilgrimage via Okanda temple and Yala National Park to Kataragama for the Esala festivities in Kataragama. Sri Vetrimalai Murugan Temple is an important pilgrimage site located in Andaman dedicated to Lord Murugan. Both of them stayed in Uhanthi and build the rock ponds for bathing and also build a place to stay. Valli’s family didn’t like Murugan because he did not belong to the Watha family, and then Murugan took her to Uhanthi without their permission. During his visit he met his girlfriend called Valli she belonged to the Watha family. He choose to call the place Uhanthi which in Sinahla means “men”.Īfter he spent some time in Uhanthi he visited to south, Katharagama. Birds are singing and all this nature makes the site very special and peaceful.
It is a very beautiful place surrounded by a mountain, the jungle and the ocean. When he visited he felt this was suitable place for him to finish the war with Asuran. The golden boat, which was turned into a rock, still stands on the Uhanthi beach known to all as the ‘Golden Boat Rock’, in Tamil as Thanga Thoni Mali and in Sinhala as Ran Oru Gala. Thanthamalai Sri Murugan Temple is believed to be the location God Murugan or Skanda, who is Jung sun of God Siva & Parvathi, first sailed into Sri Lanka from India in a golden boat right after finishing the war with Asuran (a demon) who was harming the Davas (a deity). Thanthamalai Sri Murugan Temple is one of the most famous rock temple in Sri Lanka.
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