Arupathu moovar festival as a part of Panguni Uthiram is celebrated in order to honour the Saivaite devotees, namely the sixty-three Nayanmars. The procession is celebrated by taking the Nayanmars in a palanquin that is decorated with ornaments and flowers. Appar, Sundarar, Thirugnana Sambandar are carried in a separate palanquins. Idols of Kapaleeshwarar and Karpagambal and other deities are decorated with colorful and fragrant flowers and taken in procession around four Mada Veedhis (streets)
Panguni Uthiram is one of the annual festivals celebrated for more than thousand years. This is evident from Thiru Gnana Sambandhar’s Thevaram. Sambandhar visited this temple in 6th century and done a miracle by bringing back Poompavai alive from the ashes. At that time he sang that "O'Poompavai why did you leave without seeing the Uthiram festival of Mylai?.”
மட்டிட்ட புன்னையங் கானல் மடமயிலைக்
கட்டிட்டங் கொண்டான் கபாலீச்சரம் அமர்ந்தான்
ஒட்டிட்ட பண்பின் உருத்திர பல்கணத்தார்க்
கட்டிட்டல் காணாதே போதியோ பூம்பாவாய்
In fact it is a great document of festivals celebrated at that time.
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Arupathu moovar festival as a part of Panguni Uthiram is celebrated in order to honour the Saivaite devotees, namely the sixty-three Nayanmars. The procession is celebrated by taking the Nayanmars in a palanquin that is decorated with ornaments and flowers. Appar, Sundarar, Thirugnana Sambandar are carried in a separate palanquins. Idols of Kapaleeshwarar and Karpagambal and other deities are decorated with colorful and fragrant flowers and taken in procession around four Mada Veedhis (streets)
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Poompavai
Idols of Poompavai and her father Sivanesar are taken along with idols of 63 Nayanmars during this festival.
It is here the daughter of Sivanesa Chettiar ,Angam Poompavai got her lost life due to snake bite was later resurrected here by the powers of Thirugnana Sambandar
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During Arupathu Moovar Festival at Mylapore ,apart from Idols of Kapaleeswarar, Karpagambal, 63 Nayanmars, Vinayakar,Thiruvalluvar, Kolavizhi Amman,Valeeswarar, idol of Mundaka kanni Amman are also taken.
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