MYTHOLOGY

PALANI TEMPLE

The SAGE NARADAR once visited the celestial court of LORD SIVA at KAILASH MOUNT to present to Him a fruit, the GNANA PAZHAM ( the fruit of knowledge), that held in it the elixir of wisdom.LORD SIVA expressing his intention of dividing the fruit between his two sons, LORD GANESA & LORD MURUGA, the Sage counseled Him against cutting it. He decided to award it to whichever of his two sons first circled the world thrice. Accepting the challenge, the LORD MURUGA started his journey around the globe on his sacred bird, the peacock.

However,LORD GANESA, who surmised that the world was no more than his parents SIVA & PARVATHIi, circumambulated them. Pleased with their son's discernment, Lord Shiva awarded the fruit to LORD GANESA. When the LORD MURUGA returned, he was furious to learn that his efforts had been in vain. In deep dudgeon, he decided to leave Mount Kailash and take up his abode in a place where the land and people would be unequivocally his and for him. Thus, it was that He came to what is today known as PALANI [PAZHANI], a name derived from the manner of His Parents trying to mollify him and prevail upon him to return to KAILASH —GNANA PAZHAM NEE APPA (Tamil for "You are the fruit of wisdom sire"), implying that, being the embodiment of wisdom, he had no need for the fruit. Thus, being the abode of wisdom, the place took on its master's name: Pazham Nee or Pazhani, anglicized as PALANI

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