Marriage Of Murugan And Valli

Once upon a time, there lived a tribal chief of the Kuravar tribe named Nambi Rajan. He and his wife prayed to Lord Murugan for a daughter. Soon, their prayers were answered when a daughter was born to them. They named her Valli. Like her parents, Valli was also a staunch devotee of Lord Murugan. One day, Nambi Rajan asked Valli to take care of his field to protect it from pests. Valli agreed and took care of it. At that time, Lord Murugan wanted to test her devotion towards him. So, he disguised himself as a handsome tribal hunter who had lost his way when he was on a hunting expedition and proposed her. Valli was infuriated and asked him to leave the field immediately. At that moment, Nambi Rajan came to the field with honey and fruits for Valli. Lord Murugan seeing this, turned himself into a tree. After Nambi Rajan left, he disguised himself as an old man, approached her again and asked for food and water. She provided him food and water. He proposed her again and this angered her! She left that place. Lord Murugan then asked his brother Lord Ganesha to help him. Lord Ganesha agreed and disguised himself as a wild elephant and started chasing Valli. As soon as Valli saw the wild elephant, she got scared and ran to the old man and asked him to save her. He told he would save her if she agrees to marry him. Valli had no other option but to say yes. At that moment, Lord Murugan showed his true form and Valli was overjoyed to know her prayers were answered! Soon, she and Murugan (disguised as the old man) began living together. This infuriated Nambi Rajan. He and his sons attacked Lord Murugan. Murugan killed all his sons. This made Valli upset and asked Murugan to bring them back to life. Murugan asked her to revive them herself. By her touch, all her brothers were revived back to life! When Nambi Rajan saw this, he got to know that Murugan had disguised himself as the old man and asked for his forgiveness. Lord Murugan forgave him and soon Valli and Murugan got married.

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