According to sources more than five lakh devotees witnessed the ‘Soorasamharam’ event on the sixth day of the ‘Kanda Sashti’ festival on Tuesday at Tiruchendur the second abode of Lord Muruga.  Meanwhile the temple was opened for devotees in the wee hours of 1 am on Tuesday, following which ‘Vishwaroopa Darshan’ and ‘Vijayamarthanda Abishegam’ was performed at 1:30 am and 2 am respectively. 



Previously after regular ‘Poojas’, Lord Jeyanthinathar (Lord Muruga) was taken in a procession in the golden temple car at around 2 pm to the ‘Sashti Mandapam’, from where the Lord was taken to the sea shore to vanquish the demon king Soorapadman at around 5:40 pm. Furthermore before that, the ritual of the Lord with the spear beheading Gajamugasooran and the Singamugasooran was observed. 

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Moreover later in the evening, devotees took a holy dip in the sea and concluded their sixth day fast. ‘Thirukalyanam’ will be performed on the seventh day of the ‘Sashti’ festival. Accordingly the traffic congestion at Tiruchendur during the Soorasamharam day of the Kanda Sashti festival was well managed by the Thoothukudi district police. As per report when around 6,000 car passes were issued to permit four wheelers up to the temple bus stand that created great discomfort to the devotees, this year on the suggestion of the district police, distribution of car passes to the public was restricted to 1,500 this year. 


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