ARUPADAI VEEDU: The Arupadai Veedukal, the battle camps of Murugan as declared by the Tamil poets in their late Sangam period classics of Murugan devotion. These six most sacred abodes of Murugan was mentioned in Tamil sangam literature, Thirumurugatrupadai, written by Nakkeerar and in Thiruppugazh, written by Arunagirinathar. The six abodes are Palani, Thiruthani, Swamimalai, Pazhamudircholai, Thirupparamkunram and Tiruchendur.