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Swamimalai, Tamil Nadu · 10.9568°, 79.3258°
The fourth of the six war-camp abodes of Murugan, built on a sixty-foot mound reached by a long stair, with three gopurams and three enclosures and shrines to Sundareswarar and Meenakshi at the foot of the hill.
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.
Here the child Murugan is said to have expounded the meaning of the syllable Om to his father Shiva, and so earned the name Swaminatha, teacher of the lord.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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Opening the line…