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Kanda Ṣaṣṭi: The Devotees’ Day Out

by V.S. Krishnanon November 4, 2024
Kanda Ṣaṣṭi: The Devotees’ Day Out by V.S. Krishnan “Life is like the ocean,” said a poet. “Sometimes it is calm and still and sometimes it is rough and rigid, but in the end, it is always beautiful.” When Kanda Ṣaṣṭi comes, the blue sea that converges on the shores of Tiruchendur on the south-eastern […]
Tiruchendur Kanda Sasti Surasamharam 2014

Kanda Ṣaṣṭi – An Occasion for Introspection

by V.S. Krishnanon October 22, 2024
by V.S. Krishnan Skanda Purāna, authored by sage Vyāsa, is one among the eighteen works of literatures that constitute the essence of spirituality. Though it deals with many aspects like cosmology, mythology, moral values like Dharma, it vividly describes Skanda and his relevance to the present age, Kali Yuga. Skanda was not born in the usual sense […]

Adi Sankara, the great sage who advocated the doctrine of Advaita, visited Tiruchendur temple, worshipped the Lord and received the ‘prasad’ wrapped in the leaf of panneer tree.

Senthil Andavan, Lord of Infinite Grace

by V.S. Krishnanon November 12, 2022
At Tiruchendur, Lord Murugan appears as an embodiment of beauty, flanked by Valli and Tevayanai.