The Sri Marathandava Bala Dhandayuthapani (Lord Murugan) temple in Maran, Pahang, is one the holiest pilgrimage sites for Malaysian Hindus.
Devotees come from all over the country as well as Singapore to the 120-year-old temple. It is said to be a temple which answers one's prayers.
As the legend goes, a large tree was marked for felling to make way for Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan road, but as the blade of the axe struck it, the tree began to bleed.
As this happened, one of the Tamil workers suddenly went into a trance and pleaded for the tree to be spared. The British supervisor refused. But to his astonishment and all those around him, a figure of a child appeared on the trunk of the tree. The supervisor immediately changed his mind and re-laid the road to avoid the tree.
The place became sacred and the temple was constructed soon after.
Malaysiakini.tv visited the temple and spoke to its head priest K S Ganapathy regarding the temple's history and its many miracles.
three-minute clip in Tamil
