Somappa Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi, Thirukkoodal Malai,
Madurai
Somappa
Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi is a Hindu burial shrine of Siddhar Somappa Swamigal located
at Thirukkoodal Malai near Thiruparankundram in Madurai District of Tamilnadu. Thiru
Koodal Malai is a hillock, situated at the north east of Thiruparankundram, one
of the six abodes of Lord Muruga. Here, at the foot hill, there have been two
Jeeva samadhis of two great saints, named as, Soottukkol Mayandi Swamigal and
Somappa Swamigal. The two great saints, Mayandi Swamigal, and Somappa Swamigal
had attained their Jeeva Samadhis, at this hillock on 1930, and 1968
respectively.
History
The
advent of the Saint Somappa Swamigal had taken place at Thiru Koodal Malai,
during the construction period, of the temple of Lord Muruga, who resides in
the name of Bala Dhandapani, on the top of that hillock. At the time of dusk,
while Mayandi Swamigal was engaging at the erection work of Lord Dhandapani Temple,
swamigal, overwhelmed with joy of ecstasy, and had ordered his intimate,
disciple, Irulappa Konar, that one disciple of lord Shiva, who had been ripened
with full of matured divinity, had arrived at the foot hill of Thiru Koodal Malai.
Again,
swamigal explained his disciple, about the advent of Somappa Swamigal, that,
even they hadn’t known his name, in prior, Somappa Swamigal, could have been
more powerful than that of his own divinity, and He should have been guarded
within their eyes, until he resides there, as Somappa Swamigal had selected
that hillock as his permanent residing place. Mayandi Swamigal asked his
disciple, to go down to the foot hill, and invited the great saint Somappa.
Having
obeyed to the order of his Guru, Irulappa Konar, rushed to the spot, where that
saint resided. He found one person, sat on the heap of the sand, in a relaxed
mood. When he looked at the face of that saint, Somappa Swamigal, in turn,
asked Irulappa Konar that, whether Somappa, had invited him there. As that
saint, called everybody by the name of Somappa, he might have been, supposed to
be called, as Somappa Swamigal, thereafter.
Irulappa
Konar, when having been asked by Somappa Swamigal, that. whether had he been
invited by Mayandi Swamigal, Irulappa Konar nodded his head as the sign of
acceptance. At once, Somappa Swamigal, became very happy about his intuition,
of his arrival to Thiru Koodal malai. He, then, ran with immense joy, on the
hillock, here and there. After that Somappa Swamigal had stayed there
permanently, for more than 50 years, and had done a lot of spiritual services,
that all could have been the boon to his devotees.
A lot of
people had predicted his age, around 300 years, and somebody told that he
hadn’t been ever seen, with the day today customs of common men, who have been
bounded with nature’s call like taking bath, urination, and defecation etc. The
two great saints, Mayandi Swamigal, and Somappa swamigal had attained their Jeeva
Samadhis, at the same hillock, called as Thiru Koodal Malai, on 1930, and 1968
respectively.
Connectivity
The
Jeeva Samadhi is located at about 750 meters from Thyagarajar Engineering
College Bus Stop, 1 Km from Thiruparankundram Kovil Bus Stop, 1 Km from Thiruparankundram
Murugan Temple, 1.5 Kms from Thiruparankundram Bus Stand, 2 Kms from Thiruparankundram
Railway Station, 6 Kms from Madurai Periyar Bus Stand, 7 Kms from Madurai
Railway Junction, 7 Kms from Meenakshi Amman Temple, 13 Kms from Madurai Mattuthavani
Integrated Bus Terminus and 10 Kms from Madurai Airport.
Location