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This (20th Aug) evening Vijaya and I went to Aru Padai veedu Koil at Besantnagar. Here, the six Koils for Murugan - like Pazhani, Tiruttani, Swamimalai, Tiruchendur, Tirupparankundram, Pazhamudhisolai have been constructed in one complex and in granite. One can have darshan of all six Murugans here. Plus one Vinayakar. The temple came up here 33 years ago. The history follows :- In 1984, Kanchi Paramacharya was camping at Gulbarga, Karnataka, when Dr Alagappa Alagappan, a former UN official met him and expressed his desire to have all the six Veedus in one place, perhaps in Chennai. With His enthralling smile, the Kanchi sage looked at Alagappa and said, Why not? You start it, I will help. Dr Alagappa who was a resident of New York, started looking for suitable place. The Sage called the CM of TNadu (MGR) and told him. MGR immediately offered free a large plot (more than 2 acres of land) near the sea shore of Besantnagar. Dr Alagappan had constructed many koils in New York, Pittsbu...