Tirunelveli: Over 5 lakh devotees witness Soorasamharam
6 years, 2 months ago

Tirunelveli: Over 5 lakh devotees witness Soorasamharam

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirunelveli: 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. The temple was opened for devotees in the wee hours of 1 am on Tuesday, following which ‘Vishwaroopa Darshan’ and ‘Vijayamarthanda Abishegam’ were performed at 1:30 am and 2 am respectively. Later, after regular ‘Poojas’, Lord Jeyanthinathar 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. The sanitary facilities, however, were not satisfactory as only 100 temporary toilets had been set up to cater to the need of the devotees, who converged in lakh to witness ‘Soorasamharam’.

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