KATHIRGAMAM TEMPLE - Few Interesting Facts About Kataragama Dewalaya

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KATHIRGAMAM TEMPLE - Few Interesting Facts About Kataragama Dewalaya
In thisvideo , you will get to see the kathirkamam and Chella kathirkamam temple.
Also, you can hear about a few interesting facts about the temple.
I met a temple priest and he said few facts about the temple which you hear. Kathirgamam was the place where Lord Muruga came to worship lord shiva. Here he met Valli, where he fell in love with her.
The specialty of this temple is that there are no idols that you commonly see in other temples. There is a wooden box that contains powerful scripts( in Tamil they are called ENTHIRAM). This box is not shown to the public. It's just a screen with a picture of the Lord Muruga that people worship. The box lies behind the screen and the pooja is done to the box.
There are no mantras or archanai's done here at this temple. The priests cover their nose and mouth and show the fire lamp (theeparthanai) and ring the bell.
Though lord Muruga is a Hindu God, you will notice a lot of Buddhist people coming to the temple and worshipping him. Here in kathirkamam or Kataragama as the Sinhalese say, the temple is not only for the Hindus but the buddist as well !!