Murugan Devotion among Tamil Diaspora - Murugan Bhakti

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Murugan Devotion among Tamil Diasporawhere,according tolocal and SriLankantradition, atTiruchendurHe crossedthe darkwater.Landing onthe shore ofLanka, Hecrossed thelength of theisland insearch of themaiden ValliAmma andfound her inthe jungle ofKatirkamam,where heeventuallysettled andmarried tobe joinedonly later byhis northernhttp://murugan.org/research/diaspora.htm (2 of 8) [2/21/2002 9:51:16 PM]
Murugan Devotion among Tamil DiasporaspouseDevasena(Tamil:Teyvaynai). [1]Historically,too, Lankaappears tohave beenthe first landoutside ofMother IndiawhereMuruganbhakti tookroot andflourished.Lanka mayhave beenthe firstSydney Murukan Temple gopuram and entranceSee "Murukan worship in Australia" by Dr Arumugam Kandiah .outpost of Murugan devotion in the Indian Ocean, but it was hardly the last. By the eleventh centuryC.E., devotion to Skanda-Murugan had reached Java in the Indonesian archipelago, leaving evidencein the form of sculptural artifacts. [2] Indeed, respect for the deity Skanda-Murugan eventuallyextended even to Buddhist societies far to the north and east, including Tibet [3] , China [4] and Japan. [5]http://murugan.org/research/diaspora.htm (3 of 8) [2/21/2002 9:51:16 PM]
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