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Once there was a shilpi in Poravachery near Tanjore with devine blessings and being a devotee of Karthikeya he made a beautiful image of the Lord. Looking at the statue of lord being so very devine and unmatched to any deitys image he had ever seen before the king did not want any replication of such a beautiful statue. He ordered cutting away the thumb of the shilpi. This did not deter the shilpi to make one more of lords image which he gave away to the temple of Ettukudi.
This defiance angered the King no ends and he ordered blinding the shilpi. This still did not deter him and he made one more image of Lord Karthikeya which he named as EnnKann, Enn means thought and Kann means sight. With no thumb to hold his tools and no sight the shilpi just needed the sight of his thoughts of his God and his endless devotion to make sculpt the image of his God
The temple is hence known as Ennkann Murugan temple. Located in a small village on thiruvarur - Tanjore route, can be reached from either of these two place. From Thiruvarur it is enroute Needamangalam railway line and nearest station is Thirumathikundram. From Tanjore its on bus route to Nagapattinam about 1 Km north of a village called Mugathanur. While there are direct buses to this place from both Thiruvarur and Tanjore the frequency is not very high The Temple of Ennkann has the signifacance that Lord is facing south direction and is accompanied by his consorts Valli and Deivayanai, with 6 faces and 12 arms (Lord also has a name Aarumugam meaning 6 face) The place also has the significance of being the location where Shiva Blessed Bramha to be the Creator and EnnKann also means eight eyes ( Brahma has 4 Faces hence eight eyes). Hence the place is also known as Shiva in this place is known as Brahmapurisvarar and Godess is known as Brahnnayagi. The temple has 4 water sources called Theerthams, These are Kumara Theertham ( river Vettaru) Bramha Theeratham (eesanyam) Karpa Theertham (Vayumoolam) Darshana Pushkarni ( South) It is believed that Lord karthikeya blesses his devotees having eyesight problems, removes troubles created by enemies, blessings to get child for childless couples and knowledge and success in learning /education to all his devotees.
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Tanjore,Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore,[1] is a city which is the headquarters of the Thanjavur District in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Scholars believe the name Thanjavur is derived from Tanjan, a legendary demon in Hindu mythology. While the early history of Thanjavur remains unclear, the city first rose to prominence during the reign of Medieval Cholas
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