Thiruvarul (Muruga's blessing) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language Hindu devotional film starring A. V. M. Rajan, Jaya , Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan and Thengai Srinivasan. The film was directed by R. Thiagarajan and produced by Dhandayuthapani Films. Music was by Kunnakudi Vaidhyanathan and lyrics were by Kannadasan. Kirupananda Variyar did a cameo in the film as himself. Plot Kumara Devan and Ponnan are best friends. Kumara Devan is an ardent devotee of Muruga to the extent where he believes he was born to be a devotee of Muruga. Ponnan is a practical man and also a devotee. Ponnan's life was saved by Kumara Devan during an accident and they are as close and inseparable as brothers. Life goes on with Ponnan getting Kumara Devan one job after another which he keeps losing thanks to him forgetting everything when he hears or sees Muruga. Finally, he joins the job of breaking stones in temple building activity. He sees corruption there when the contractor/caretaker, shortchanges the workers. He is also ostracized when he objects to keeping the lord waiting for the caretaker to come and start the pooja on time. One thing leads to another and he is expelled from the city. He goes to kill himself on marudhamalai. A peacock blocks his jump and makes him fall near a tree. The roots of the tree pour out water over his face and he wakes up to see Lord Muruga's statue. He stays there and starts worshiping him day and night singing songs. The songs are overheard by a record company owner. He offers him a job as a singer. Devan becomes a successful and famous singer and starts building the temple for his god. Thengai Sreenivasan is a contractor building the temple who cheats Devan which gets caught by Ponnan who takes over as Devan's manager. During a chance meeting, he meets Valliammai who once saved his respect by loaning him a quarter of a rupee. He offers to marry her learning that she is a die hard fan of him. Trouble starts in the form of her mother. She first blocks the temple pooja saying that her son-in-law built the temple and they have to wait for him. When Devan learns of this, he loses his temper and later, they meet Major Sundarrajan, now as a pauper. Valliammai's mother, having experienced poverty thanks to her husband being an ardent devotee who