PadiPooja (Pooja to steps) in Swamimalai Murugan Temple
Swamimalai is fourth among the aarupadai veedu or sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Muruga. The presiding deity here expounded the meaning of the Pranava mantra OM to his own Father Lord Siva Himself.The temple is built on an artificial hillock of about sixty feet height with sixty beautifully laid stone steps representing the Hindu cycle of sixty years. The PadiPooja (Pooja to Steps) is performed here in the month of Adi. This is a unique festival of this temple.