In those days, Thiruporur was one of the hamlets under the reign of a minor Muslim ruler. Thereafter, Chidambaraswamy unearthed the Swayambu Moortis of Lord Muruga with his consorts and established the temple. When he had despaired of locating the site, Lord Muruga himself appeared as a small boy and gave him the vision of the sanctum sanctorum. He could hardly make out where the attempts to build the temple had been made. Chidambaraswamy reached Thiruporur to find that it was a dense forest full of palm trees. She told him that six earlier attempts to establish the temple had failed. The Goddess then raised the swamy to his feet and as her hands touched him, his skin turned golden. Suddenly he could hear the anklets of the Goddess Meenakshi and when he opened his eyes slightly, he got a magnificent glimpse of the divine feet. Many days passed and Chidambaraswamy was almost in a coma. This happened when the savant challenged the Goddess that he would not eat until she graced him with her vision. Over 450 years ago, the founding guru of Thiruporur Adhinam Srimad Chidambara Swamy who was an ardent worshipper of 'Madurai Meenakshi Amman' had a vision of the Goddess bidding him to build a temple for Lord Muruga at Thiruporur. Thiruporur is an ancient little hamlet nestled around the imposing 'Arulmigu Kandaswamy Thirukoil'. Thiruporur as the very name suggests, is the venue of war ('Por' in Tamil means war) and is situated between the 40 and 41 kilometer stones on the Thiruporur High Road (Old Mahabalipuram Road-OMR) from Chennai. Sri Subramaniya Swami Temple: The battle of Thiruporur was fought against 'Thalayaya Asuran' in ether or Air and connotes the vanquishing of 'arrogance or pride'.

Thiruporur murugan temple