Swamimalai
Tamil Nadu
Where Murugan taught the Om mantra to his father Shiva
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One of the Six Abodes of Murugan, located on the banks of a Kaveri tributary near Kumbakonam. The temple commemorates the moment Murugan explained the sacred Om to Shiva, teaching the father through his divine wisdom.
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