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| type = Hindu<br />
| name = Idumban<br />
| image = Lord Idumban lineart.jpg<br />
| caption = Modern representation of Idumban<br />
| venerated_in = [[Kaumaram]]<br />
| texts = [[Skanda Purana|Kanda Puranam]]<br />
| affiliation = [[Asura]]<br />
}}{{Short description|Hindu mythological character}}<br />
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'''Idumban''' ({{Langx|ta|இடும்பன்|translit=Iṭumpaṉ}}) is an [[asura]] in [[Hinduism]], featured in [[Tamil mythology]]. Idumban is described to be a devotee of the deity [[Murugan]] (Kartikeya), regarded by adherents to be a guardian of the deity's temples in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is also associated with the ritual practice of the [[Kavadi Attam|Kavadi Aattam]], in which his veneration is regarded to be a prerequisite.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gajrani |first=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zh6z0nuIjAgC&pg=PA222 |title=History, Religion and Culture of India |date=2004 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-061-7 |pages=222 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Legend==<br />
{{Kaumaram}}According to legend, Sage [[Agastya]] wanted two hills, Shivagiri and Shaktigiri, to be transported to his abode in the south, and commissioned his disciple, the asura Idumban, to carry them. Idumban bore the hills slung across his shoulders by inventing a tool called the kavadi. The tool was made of the staff of [[Brahma]], which was employed as a pole, and two divine serpents, which were employed as ropes. When he became fatigued after carrying the hills, he placed the kavadi near [[Palani]] to recuperate. Meanwhile, Murugan, having journeyed to Palani after losing the [[Jnana Palam|jnana palam]] (fruit of wisdom) to [[Ganesha]], claimed the hills as his own. Unable to lift the hills and resume his journey, Idumban confronted the deity. In the combat that ensued, Idumban was slain,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Handelman |first=Don |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWJTAQAAQBAJ&dq=Idumban+asura&pg=PA31 |title=One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology |date=2013-09-25 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-25739-9 |pages=301 |language=en}}</ref> but was resurrected on the intercession of his wife, Idumbi, as well as Agastya. Restored to life, Idumban wished to serve for perpetuity as the [[dvarapala]] (door-guardian) of Murugan's shrine. The deity declared that Idumban would stand guard at the foot of the hill, and proclaimed that every devotee who worshipped him at the site would first venerate his dvarapala.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Belle |first=Carl Vadivella |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kB1qDwAAQBAJ&dq=idumban&pg=PT201 |title=Thaipusam in Malaysia |date=2018-02-14 |publisher=Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. |isbn=978-981-4786-66-9 |pages=201 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Kaduveividuhi idumban3.jpg|Idumban at Kaduveividuhi<br />
File:Idumban 01.jpg|Image of Idumban<br />
File:SRILANGA DEVOTEES CAME KADUVETTIVIDUTHY IDUMBAN TEMPLE.jpg|Devotees from Sri Lanka come to the Kaduvettividuthy Murugan Temple, Kaduvettividuthy, Tamil Nadu.<br />
File:Kaduveividuhi idumban4.jpg|Idumban at Kaduveividuhi<br />
File:Kaduveividuhi idumban2.jpg|Idumban at Kaduveividuhi<br />
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==References==<br />
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