![]() ![]() Muruga had been made it impossible for Idumban to lift the hillocks. Later, Murugan withdrew to the hill and settled there as a recluse in peace and solitude. Siva pacified Him by saying that He (Subrahmanya) Himself was the fruit (pazham) of all wisdom and knowledge. In anger, the frustrated child left the divine parents and came down to Tiru Avinankudi at the Adivaram (pronounced Adivâram and means foot of the Sivagiri Hill). At this stage, Muruga had been outwitted in a contest for going round the world where his brother Ganapati had won the prized fruit. Idumban then realised that the youth was Lord Murugan. In the ensuing scuffle, Idumban was defeated. Idumban sought the help of a scantily dressed youth, but the youth claimed the hillocks belonged to him. When he attempted to continue with his journey, he found that the hillocks were immovable. Near Palani in South India - where there is a famous shrine of Murugan - Idumban put the hillocks down to rest awhile. Idumban found the two hillocks but could not initially lift them, until he obtained divine help. The sage left them in a forest and later asked his disciple, Idumban, to get them. At Mount Kailas, Lord Shiva entrusted the dwarf saint sage Agastya with two hillocks, the Shivagiri Hill and the Shaktigiri Hill, with instructions to carry and install them in South India. The kavadi aattam is steeped in mythology. ![]()
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