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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 […]

Kanda Ṣaṣṭi: Devotion and Victory at Tiruchendur

by Adiyaron November 1, 2024
Kanda Ṣaṣṭi: Devotion and Victory at Tiruchendur Visit Tiruchendur, a coastal town in Tamil Nadu, India, in late October or early November, and you will find yourself in the middle of a truly unique celebration. Kanda Ṣaṣṭi is a six-day festival that brings the ancient story of Lord Murugan’s victory over evil to life in […]

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 […]
Tiruchendur Kanda Sasti Surasamharam 2014

2024 Kanda Sasti Festival

by Adiyaron October 19, 2024
2024 Kanda Sasti Festival 2024 Kanda Sasti festival dates Nov 2, 2013 Nov 3, 2013 Nov 4, 2013 Nov 5, 2013 Nov 6, 2013 Nov 7, 2013 Nov 8, 2013 Kanda Sasti Day 1 Kanda Sasti Day 2 Kanda Sasti Day 3 Kanda Sasti Day 4 Kanda Sasti Day 5 Soora Samharam Tiru Kalyanam Kanda […]

Tiruchendur Kanda Sasti Surasamharam 2014

Kanda Sasti Surasamharam photo gallery

by Adiyaron November 24, 2021
The climax of Skanda Sasti is on the sixth day when the Surasamharam takes place.

Kanda Sasti Festival at Tiruchendur

by Adiyaron June 22, 2021
Skanda Sasti, the sixth day in the bright half of the month of Aippasi, is celebrated in Saivite temples all over Tamilnadu, and with an extra measure of grandeur in temples dedicated to Subrahmanya. Skanda Sasti commemorates the destruction of evil by the Supreme General Kartikeya, son of Shiva, and is celebrated with the dramatic enactment […]