Devotion has room for grandeur. It also has room for tenderness.
The Tirupporur Sannidhimurai collection associated with Chidambara Swamigal brings together different forms of temple-centred poetry. Its lullaby offers a particularly gentle way to encounter Murugan.
A verse addresses the peacock rider, the bearer of the Vel and the one with the rooster banner. Familiar sacred attributes appear within a tender poetic address rather than a list of facts.
The lullaby lovingly addresses the rider of the blue peacock, bearer of the long, leaf-shaped Vel and the splendid rooster banner.
Tradition & works
Temple restoration and miraculous life accounts need their own source review. They should not be treated as established simply because they accompany a printed collection.