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Thousands of devotees thronged Sri Subramaniyaswamy Temple astatine Tirupparankundram successful Madurai connected Monday to witnesser ‘Soorasamharam’, the annihilation of the demon, arsenic portion of the Kanda Sashti festival.
The presiding deity of the temple, mounted connected a aureate palanquin, was taken retired connected a procession, to enact ‘Soorasamharam’. The deity came retired of the temple for the procession astatine astir 5 p.m. The deity was led by His lieutenant Veerabahu who was mounted connected a achromatic equine connected different palanquin.
Subsequently, the annihilation of ‘asura’ by the Lord with the beatified lance oregon ‘vel,’ obtained from Govardhana Ambigai was enacted aft 6 p.m. astatine Sannadhi Theru successful beforehand of Chokkanathar Temple amidst the chants of ‘Arohara.’ by devotees. Priests astatine the temple explained ‘Soorasamharam’ and the value of the lawsuit to the devotees who had gathered connected streets starring to the temple.
The lawsuit marked the triumph of bully implicit evil. Devotees had travel from acold and adjacent to witnesser the lawsuit and were chanting beatified hymns praising Lord Muruga. Special pujas and deeparadhanas were performed to the deities. The devotees who observed fasting for the festival ended their accelerated by serving ‘prasadam’.
Adequate constabulary unit were deployed for the creaseless behaviour of the event. ‘Thirukalyanam,’ the celestial wedding, volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday. On the concluding day, devotees would propulsion the decorated chariot connected which the Lord would beryllium mounted, on the car streets. Special abhishekams would beryllium performed astatine the temple. Earlier, the Kanda Sashti festival astatine the temple began with the tying of the ‘Kappu’.
