Swami Malai is a Hindu sage who lives in India. Temple and holy location (tirtha) atop a hill in Tamil Nadu's Tanjore district, clos...

  Murugan ("fragrant, lovely") Primarily revered Hindu god in southern India. Murugan first appears in Tamil Sangam literature ...

  During some festivals connected to the deity Murugan, a devotee (bhakta) wears a bamboo yoke capped with semicircular splints of bamboo on...

Sacred shrine (tirtha) devoted to the deity Skanda in his southern Indian avatar as Murugan, situated in the extreme southeastern portion ...