It symbolically shows that wisdom/knowledge should be sharp as in the Vel's tip, broad as in the vel's breadth and run deep as in the height. The alternative interpretation of Vel is that it is a symbol of wisdom/knowledge. The festival take place cities such as Katharagama and Colombo. During this festival, some of the devotees pierce their skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers while they undertake a procession towards the Murugan temple.Īdi-Vel is a major festival observed in Sri Lanka by Tamil Hindus in the month of July/August, known as Adi.
The annual Thaipusam festival celebrates the occasion when Murugan received the divine Vel from his mother. Vel, as a symbol of divinity, is an object of worship in the temples dedicated to Murugan. Henceforth, the peacock became his vahana or mount and vehicle and the rooster became the emblem on his battle flag. But not fooled by Asura's trick, Murugan hurled his Vel and split the mango tree into two halves, one becoming a rooster ( Tamil: சேவல், lit.'Cēval') and the other a peacock ( Tamil: மயில், lit.'Mayil'). When a complete defeat for Soorapadman was imminent, the asura transformed himself into a huge mango tree to evade detection by Murugan. According to the Skanda Purana, in the war between Murugan and Soorapadman, Murugan used the Vel to defeat all the evil forces of Soorapadman. According to Hindu religion, Goddess Parvati presented the Vel to her son Murugan as an embodiment of her shakti or power in order to vanquish the evil asura Soorapadman.
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