Lord Murugan, of Present times Speak Tamil and conceived at Tiruvannamalai, an Agni thalam, by a Tamil seer, Arunagiri Nathar in 15th century.
The Lord Murugan of present times have two consorts -
* one consort Devayani from Sringeri, Present Day Karnataka. She knows all Southern languages of Kannada, Telugu and Tamil;
*another consort Valli or Veda Valli is a Thala Thayar. Being a tribe she speaks Tamil in Arcot; Sinhala in Sri Lanka; Burmese in Myanmer; Thai in Thailand; Malay in Malaysia.
Pulse of Lord Murugan of present times, has no connection with any Vedic God, revived to reestablish his kingdom lost by the Sanskrit base weaker regions in 3rd century to Shramanic religions and again in 13th century to Abrahamic religions and a vengeance to uproot Buddhism from South East Asian Countries.
He is a Global God, not limited to Vedic believes of weaker society of olden times who could not save this holy land from invading turks, moghals and europeans.
History:
Lord Murugan has 3 phases of revivals at different points of history.
First as a Sangam Tribal God (God of Kurinchi)
Second as a Vedic God (Son of Shiva)
Third as a Tantric God (Kaliyuga Varadhan)
Now we worship him in 3rd Phase of his revival - as seen by a mystic Arunagiri Nathar in 15th century.
Lord Murugan is a war God. To win any war, you need to have desire (Valli) to win and perfect execution of plan(Devayani) with resources assigned.
Energy of Action (Devayani- Tripura Bhairavi/ Gauri);
To fulfill
Energy of Desire(Valli- Tripura Sundari/ Rajeswari/ Kamakshi);
Aided by
Energy of Knowledge(Vel- Shyama/ Meenachi)
Rise of Murugan worship (Kaumaram) started in 15th century onwards in South India independently while North was bombarded by Islamic Invasions.
Yes. Historic reasons.
Moreover it is a concerted effort of a mystic Arunagiri Nathar, patronised by Vijayanagara Emperor Prouda Deveraya II of Sangama Vira Shaiva Dynasty.
Rise of Kaumaram (Murugan Worship) in Medieval Period:
Energy in younger form is Kaumaram.
Energy of Action;
To fulfill
Energy of Desire;
Aided by
Energy of Knowledge.
Indian History is unkind to Southern Kingdoms who spread their geographic boundaries beyond Indian peninsula through sea fare. On the other hand, Indian History is busy in glorifying invading turks and moghals.
Indian Peninsula Rule in SE Asia:
Raja Raja Chozhan (10–11th c) is an example;
Devaraya II (15th c)of Vijayanagara Sangama Dynasty is another example.
Kumara Krishnappa Naicker (16th c) of Madurai Naicker Kingdom is one more example.
Raja Raja Chozhan’s glory in 10th-11th century is recently brought into limelight by Tamil Nadu.
But many may not be aware of subsequent expeditions of Prouda Devaraya’s (Devaraya II) in 15th century and Kumara Krishnappa Naicker’s expedition in 16th century to spread Kaumaram in Buddhist nations.
Devaraya II conquerred Ceylon to Gulbarga and Orissa to Malabar and levied tributes on Quilon, Ceylon, Pegu, Tenesserim.(present day Sri Lanka, Myanmer and Thailand respectively).
Deva Raya II (r. 1422–1446 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. The greatest of the Sangama Dynasty Virashaiva rulers, he was an able administrator, warrior, and scholar.
He is a patron to Kannada writers Chamarasa and Kumara Vyasa; Telugu poet Sri Natha; Mathematician and Astronomer Vatasserry Parameshwara Nambhoothiri; Tamil mystic Arunagiri Nathar -all lived a lavish lifestyle.
Deveraya II is the emperor who spread Koumaram in Tamil and in South Asian Countries with the treaded path of Arunagiri Nathar of Tiruvannamalai. Unfortunately due to subsequent weak rulers of Sangama Dynasty, Kaumaram failed to take deep roots in South East Asian countries.
Kaumaram in Medieval Period:
Like Nayanmars and Azhwars who spread Shaivism and Vaishnavism respectively in Bhakti movement for resurrection of Shaivism and Sri Vaishnavism, it is Giri Naths of Shringeri, followers of Arunagiri Nathar in 15th century who spread Kaumaram in Medieval period.
Murugan is a Tantric God. Rituals play an important role in cornering Energy levels.
Rituals in Six Abodes: One of the main traditions of the six abodes, is the mottai or tonsuring of devotees, who vow to discard their hair. Another is the anointing of the tonsured head with raktha (red) sandalwood paste, at night. The paste, upon being allowed to stay overnight, is said to energise devotees.
Devotees carry kavadi, wearing spiritual clothes, walking on foot from long distances, body piercing are commonly followed worship practice.
Kaumaram in Overseas:
Lakkanna, a commander of Deveraya II made an expedition to South and conqured Odisha, Malabar and levied tributes on Quilon, Ceylon, Pegu, Tenesserim.(present day Sri Lanka, Myanmer and Thailand respectively).
Kataragama:
A small Polygar from Thondai Mandalam (Kanchi) was made as a King of Sinhala Kingdom (Kottai or Fort Dynasty) at Kandy by Lakkanna - a commander of Deveraya II of Vijayanagara Kingdom.
Arunagiri Nathar, a mystic of Tiruvannamalai, treaded the path to Kataragama and performed tiruals.
It is the Desire of Valli (Thala Thayar of the Hill) to bringback Kataragama into limelight with another expedition of Kumara Krishnappa Naicker in 16th century. This time, a small polygar of Sithawaka was made as a King of Sinhala Kingdom. Madurai Naicker king made his brother in law Gopala Naidu as a Viceroy.
Mohan N R's answer to Were the Nayakkar kings of Kandy both Hindu and Buddhist at the same time?
Now Katargama was rediscovered by Kalayangiri Nathar, an accompanied mystic and temple was reconstructed by a newly crowned King of Kandy. Kalyangiri Nathar visioned the Sat-Kona form (yantra).
The Sinhala Kingdom lasted over 3 centuries, well supported by Vijayanagara Empire, Thanjavur, Madurai, Chenji Kingdoms at varios point in time. It withstood European invasions till 1815 and one of the strongest Kingdoms of Sri Lanka.
Till today, Energy of Action (Deivayani) is from Shringeri Mutt of Karnataka, Energy of Desire is Thala Thayar (Vedda Valli) guided by Energy of Knowledge (Vel).
Why Kaumaram failed elsewhere?
Unfortunately due to subsequent weak rulers of Sangama Dynasty, Kaumaram failed to take deep roots in South East Asian countries.
Another reason is that the emperors of subsequent Vijayanagara dynasties - Saluva, Tulu and Aravidu are Sri Vaishnavites, and they are secular towards Saivite Agamic and Murugan worshi and encouraged local religions.
They also encouraged forgotten Kula Deivam worship, but now the Priests were from other communities not Kaul/Kaur Brahmins.
Not withstanding, Murugan is the Kali Yuga Varadhan and Kaumaram is the religion of Tamils, all over the globe.
Energy of Action (Devayani- Tripura Bhairavi/ Gauri);
To fulfill
Energy of Desire(Valli- Tripura Sundari/ Rajeswari);
Aided by
Energy of Knowledge(Vel- Shyama/ Meenachi)
Haro-Hara.
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