Kaumaram
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Kaumaram is a sub-religion practiced by Hindus especially those living in South India where Lord Muruga is the Supreme Godhead. According to Hinduism two languages are divinehttp://www.bhakti-yoga-meditation.com/sanskrit.html, http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1707315-sanskrit-divine-language/, http://www.hindujagruti.org/articles/21.html, http://www.tamiltribune.com/01/0601.html, http://controversialhistory.blogspot.com/2007/07/religiously-tamil-religious-movement-in.html.They are Tamil
and Sanskrit
.The two languages were founded by two Holy Sages known as Agastya
http://www.experiencefestival.com/agastya_-_agastya_and_the_tamil_language, http://mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/agastya.htm and Valmiki
respectively, gaining their inspiration from the Lord. Lord Muruga is considered the patron of the Tamils, due to His worship being widespread amongst those of Tamil descent. However, this was not always so for Lord Muruga's worship was once widespread in North India and Bengal. According to the Skanda Purana, Lord Muruga is considered as the younger son of Lord Shiva
and Parvati
where Lord Ganesha
is their first son.In South India especially in Tamil Nadu, where the Kaumara faith thrives, Lord Muruga is considered as the Supreme Godhead.According to the Puranic sources Lord Muruga incarnated as six sparks emanating from the Third eye of Lord Shivahttp://www.astrojyoti.com/skandapurana.htm.According to Skanda purana Lord Muruga imprisoned Lord Brahma
,protected Lord Vishnu
and taught the Pranava Mantra to Lord Shiva
.Thus Lord muruga is considered superior than the Trimurti
.The worshippers of Lord Muruga are called Kaumaras.
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
and Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
.The two languages were founded by two Holy Sages known as Agastya
Agastya
Agastya was a Tamil/Vedic Siddhar or sage. Agastya and his clan are also generally credited with uncovering many mantras of the Rig Veda, the earliest and most revered Hindu scripture, in the sense of first having the mantras revealed in his mind by the Supreme Brahman...
http://www.experiencefestival.com/agastya_-_agastya_and_the_tamil_language, http://mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/agastya.htm and Valmiki
Valmiki
Valmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
respectively, gaining their inspiration from the Lord. Lord Muruga is considered the patron of the Tamils, due to His worship being widespread amongst those of Tamil descent. However, this was not always so for Lord Muruga's worship was once widespread in North India and Bengal. According to the Skanda Purana, Lord Muruga is considered as the younger son of Lord Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
and Parvati
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
where Lord Ganesha
Ganesha
Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...
is their first son.In South India especially in Tamil Nadu, where the Kaumara faith thrives, Lord Muruga is considered as the Supreme Godhead.According to the Puranic sources Lord Muruga incarnated as six sparks emanating from the Third eye of Lord Shivahttp://www.astrojyoti.com/skandapurana.htm.According to Skanda purana Lord Muruga imprisoned Lord Brahma
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...
,protected Lord Vishnu
Vishnu
Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
and taught the Pranava Mantra to Lord Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
.Thus Lord muruga is considered superior than the Trimurti
Trimurti
The Trimurti is a concept in Hinduism "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahmā the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver, and Śhiva the destroyer or transformer," These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad" or...
.The worshippers of Lord Muruga are called Kaumaras.
Parampara and Sampradaya
Lord Muruga in His great mercy and compassion responds to His devotees without the need for a mortal guru. He is the Supreme Guru of the Universe and responds to His devotees in ways that suit their consciousness best. There only is one Sampradaya in the Kaumara faith, that which begins from Lord Muruga Himself. Unfortunately, today the Kaumara faith has lost the glory and majesty it once possessed. It has merged into Shaivism. However, ancient texts such as the Kumara Tantra and the Skanda Sadbhava Tantra does give significant insight on the Kaumara faith in its original sense.Pranava Mantra
The divine sound "AUM" finds its origin in Lord Muruga(Space)http://omgayatri.com/AUm_O3m/Om_symbol_sound.html.Lord Muruga taught this Mantra to Lord Shiva. From Lord Shiva, the sages learnt it. It is the basic Mantra among all mantras.It is a combination of the sounds A,vuu,mmm.So Lord Muruga is considered as the supreme deity in Kaumaram. Lord Muruga is Himself the Pranava, thus He alone has full knowledge of It. This gives Him the authority to question Bramha and teach Siva Its meaning.Reference
- 1.Kaumaram-a religion where Lord Muruga is worshipped as the Supreme Lord:http://www.kaumaram.com/.
- 2.Six sub-divisions of Hinduism:http://www.saivaworld.org/pageview.cgi?iD=904&cat=9.
- 3.Worshippers of lord Muruga is called as Kaumarars:http://www.sttemple.com/STT/english/murugan.asp.
- 4.Kaumaram-A religion of God Muruga:http://www.kaumaram.com/.
- 5.Kumara Tantra-a tantra practised by kaumaras: http://www.scribd.com/doc/15306778/Sushrutha-Kumara-Tantra,http://indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/Z/10z/.