![]() ![]() The demon carried the hills down south and rested in a place. Agastya employed a demon by name Ettumba to carry two hills in his shoulders to be placed in the South. Shiva asked sage Agathiyar to move towards South to balance the tilt. It resulted in the tilting of earth towards one direction. He left Kailash and took up his abode in Palani hills in South India.Īs per another legend, once all sages and gods assembled in Kailash, the abode of Shiva. When Kartikeya returned, he was furious to learn that his efforts had been in vain. Pleased with their son’s discernment, Shiva awarded the fruit to Ganesha. However, Ganesha, who surmised that the world was no more than his parents Shiva and Shakti combined, circumambulated them. Accepting the challenge, Karthikeya started his journey around the globe on his mount peacock. He decided to award it to whichever of his two sons first circled the world thrice. Upon Shiva expressing his intention of dividing the fruit between his two sons, Ganesha and Murugan,the sage counseled against cutting it. ![]() Sage Narada once visited the celestial court of Shiva at Mount Kailash to present to him a fruit, the gyana-palam (literally, the fruit of knowledge), that held in it the elixir of wisdom. It is located in the town of Palani in Dindigul district, 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Coimbatore and northwest of Madurai in the foot-hills of the Palani hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Palani Arulmigu Shri Dhandayuthapani temple is one of the Six Abodes of Murugan. ![]()
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