Arun Sajan

  Vadapalani Dandāyudhapani Temple, Chennai B uilt  about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Muruga sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious one enshrining a Murugan picture only, and established for itself a name on par with ancient places of worship. Around 7,000 couples are married here each year. According to the sthalapurana, one Muruga devotee by name Annaswami Tambiran with his limited means built a small thatched hut and kept a Murugan painting for his personal worship primarily. During his meditation and worship, he used to experience some divine power entering his body and inspiring him to utter some mysterious things -- whatever he said in his trance was found true. His utterance went by the name of  arulvak  and relieved people in several ways, like curing diseases and getting jobs, solemnising marriages, etc. Once he fell ill suddenly. At the instance of a sadhu, he visited  Tiruttani  and prayed to Muruga offering a part of his