Muruga – The Guru of the Universal Guru!

  An outgoing student is the award bestowed on a smart performing candidate. It is a credit given to him/her for being an outperformer in academics and knowledge. In that case, can we call Lord Muruga the Divine Legend for having out smarted his Father? Lord Shiva accredited with the term Universal Guru in the form of Dakshinamurthy (the South-facing deity) is widely recognized in Vedic traditions. To add up to his importance, in the year 2010 (Year of Guru as per Siva Nadi predictions), Dakshinamurthy’s shrine in Alangudi, South India is considered as one of the two most powerful energy spots of 2010.  

  None of us can deny the fact that Shiva is the most superior to all the Gurus. Ironically, Muruga, the son of Shiva, is one-up not only in terms of the number of heads (Muruga has 6 heads, while Shiva is normally depicted with 5 heads), but is also renowned as Swaminatha Swami (Guru of the Universal Guru Shiva). The legend goes that once, owing to a curse, Shiva forgot the knowledge of the Supreme Primordial Sound ‘Om’. He requested his son Muruga to teach him the secrets of Om. The child Muruga immediately asked over Shiva to accept him as his Guru. Shiva readily accepted. He placed Muruga on his lap, and joyously received the wisdom of Om in his ears. This happened in SwamiMalai (Hill of the Lord) – Muruga’s powerful shrine in Kumbakonam, South India. No wonder, Muruga is known as ‘Gyana Pandita’ or the God of Knowledge. He is said to have taught the Tamil language to Sage Agasthiar, and also inspired Sage Arunagirinathar to compose the set of devotional poems called Thiruppugazh. Reach out to Muruga’s energy on the Guru Purnima day and on the 6th Moon phases to be a transmitter of divine knowledge yourself!