

On this day, Goddess Parvathy united all the six forms of Skantda. Lord Muruga adopted the form of six babies in Saravana poigai, a lake and was looked after by six krittika stars. This festival is celebrated with great marvel in this particular place.Īnother legend links karthigai Deepam to Lord Muruga. Later on the kings and famous personnel built a temple on the hill in commemoration of Lord Shiva. In fact, the names Tiruvannamalai’ and `Arunachala’ denote “holy fire hill”. He then appeared like hill shape on Thiruvannamalai region. Lord Shiva actually proved that he is the main God of the earth and there is no use in fighting among other Gods regarding their supremacy. Thus, Lord Shiva proved his supremacy over the two Gods and managed to stop the fight. Lord Brahma on the other hand, took the shape of a swan and flew to find the beginning of the fire on the topside.īut his search was also in vain and he was unable to find the top of the fire. He failed miserably and came back to Lord Shiva saying that he was unable to find the end of the fire from the bottom. Lord Vishnu took the form of a boar and tried to reach the end of the fire beneath the earth. He took the shape of a huge fire and challenged the two fighting Gods to find the end of the fire from the top and bottom. To stop this huge fight, Lord Shiva came in front of them and tried to show his supremacy. They both thought each one was stronger than the other. The earliest Hindu scripture states that the two great deities of Hindu culture Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma started fighting among them regarding the superiority.
