A Typical Deity
The main form of worship of Karuppanar in the shrine is a formless stone which has been decorated with a Turban and a Dhoti with flowers and garlands. He wields an "Aruval" which is a long form of machete resembling a scimitar, a sword, sometimes a lance, a trident and a smaller knife.
The Aruval is a very significant weapon in Tamil Nadu and is considered, in itself, as a symbol of Karuppanar himself. Some Aruvals may reach the height of even 5 feet, especially the ones in Thiruppaachhi.
The Most Important musical Instrument Which like by God karuppanan are Tappu, Tharai, kombu Tharai, Otha thamukku, Pambai, Udukkai and Urumee.
It is also believed that the Alagar Koil belongs to Kallar community of Madurai. They are basically non Brahmins and they are dacoits turned as senapatis (soldiers) of madurai. They inturn does the job of securing the land for the sake of the society as per the king's order. In Tamil kallan means thief and kallanthiri is the village where the kalla(thief) - algar(smart) temple is located.
They converted "kalla -alagar to perumal an incarnation of vishnu by wearing a nama on the forehead of all statues.Now the main deity has turned to Vishnu. Thus karuppa samy has become kaval karuppu and his sword has been hanged in the door step (no deity for karuppa samy).
The 18 steps stands for the letters "Ja" "ya". In old Indian languages "ja" stands for 1 and "ya" stands for 8. To say winning lord they said "jaya" karuppanasamy or 18 padi karuppasamy.
Karuppasamy is an alcoholic, non-vegetarian but strict soldier with a wind current flow with bells and chains tied to his body.
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