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Ayikudi, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu · 9.0051°, 77.3414°
A Murugan temple on the bank of the Hanumannathi at Ayikudi, raised over the samadhi of the Brahmin ascetic Mugura Bhakthar. The area lay under Travancore until 1947 and the temple has been managed by the Thiruvadhankur royal family for about a century and a half; its roof of coconut and palm leaf was replaced around 1931.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The image is said to have been found in the Mallam river by a devotee named Mallan, and the child Murugan is believed to come down to the river steps to share payasam with the other children.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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