Iravan is worshipped in Tamil Nadu as Aravan as a village deity . ( In Tamil Aravan effigy a cobrahood shelters His head which shows his Naga affiliation . ) The idol placed in the sanctum sanctorum is a younger form of Iravan who is holding bow and arrow.
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Iravan is worshipped in Tamil Nadu as Aravan as a village deity . ( In Tamil Aravan effigy a cobrahood shelters His head which shows his Naga affiliation . ) The idol placed in the sanctum sanctorum is a younger form of Iravan who is holding bow and arrow.
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Duryodhana, the Kaurava chief was advised by astrologer ( Sahadeva ) that the propitious time for performing Kalapalli was on amavasya day ( New Moon day ), one day before the start of Kurukshetra war and Iravan ( son of Arjuna ), also spelt Aravan, had agreed to be the victim for the sacrifice.
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Iravan is also mentioned, as the son of Arjuna and Ulupi, in passing references in two " Puranas " ( " sacred texts " ) known as the " Vishnu Purana " ( 4 : 20 : 12 ) also with a text history from the late Vedic through the Gupta periods and the " Bhagavata Purana " ( 9 : 22 : 32 ) traditionally dated to the Vedic period but dated by modern scholars to the 9th or 10th century CE.
