Bala Murugan Temple

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Bala Murugan Temple
View of temple from back
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Murugan
Festivals	Thaipusam, Shasti Tithi, Panguni Uthiram
Status	Active
Location
Location	12 Mandogalup Rd, Mandogalup WA 6167
State	Western Australia
Country	Australia
Geographic coordinates	32°12′23″S 115°50′44″E / 32.206335°S 115.845545°E / -32.206335; 115.845545
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Groundbreaking	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Completed	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Direction of façade	East
Website
www.perthmurugan.org.au

Bala Murugan Temple (Tamil: பெர்த் பாலமுருகன் கோவில்) is a Murugan temple in Mandogalup, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to the god Murugan, the temple is run by volunteers of the temple. Groundbreaking took place in 1996, and Bala Murugan Temple was completed and opened in 2008.^[1]

Construction of the temple started in 1996, organised by the group Saiva Maha Sabai of Western Australia. However, construction faced delays in building and architecture planning, and the temple opened it doors to the public on 11 May 2008 and on the same day the first Kumbhabhishekham took place for the temple.^[2]

The main deity of the temple is Murugan. However, the following deities also have shrines in the temple:

1. Ganesha (Vinayagar),
2. Mookambika (referred to as "Swarnambigai" in the temple),
3. Shiva,
4. Ayyappan,
5. Venkateshvara,
6. Lakshmi,
7. Bhudevi,
8. Devasena,
9. Valli,
10. Durga,
11. Idumban,
12. Hanuman,
13. Bhairava and
14. Navagraha.

The temple priests perform poojas to specific gods and goddesses.^[3] In addition, festivals celebrated at the temple include the following.

For Thaipusam, the temple does special pooja's from 4 AM for lord Murugan. This festival commemorates the legend of the goddess Parvati offering her son, Murugan (Kartikeya) a vel (a divine spear) so he could vanquish the asura Surapadman and his brothers.

Ayyapan Poojai is an annual event in the temple which marks the start of the Karthigai month in the Hindu calendar and pooja is often performed by devotees who often go to pilgrimage to Sabarimala. The pooja is done in the shrine of lord Ayyappan in the temple.

Pradosham includes bimonthly prayers to Shiva during the three hours surrounding sunset on the thirteenth day of every fortnight in the Hindu calendar. Special pooja is done to lord Shiva in the temple.

Lakshmi Pooja is celebrated in the temple annually where married women go to the shrine of goddess Mookambika (the avatar of Lakshmi) in the temple and light diyas, and offer new clothing to the goddess.

• Hinduism in Australia

• Official website

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