The Significance of the Fast It can be seen that if devotees who observe the Kantha Sashti Fast desire to gradually acquire spiritual...

Why Should God Fight? A rational question can arise thus:The Lord is all-powerful; He is capable of destroying Soorapanman and his clan...

Thirukkalyanam The festival of marriage is celebrated for Murukan with His two shaktis – Valli and Theyvayanai to denote two...

The Philosophy Underlying the Soora Samhaaram The essence of Saiva Siddhantha Philosophy is contained in the Soora Samhaaram performed by...

The Kantha Sashti Festival – Part 4 (Soora Samhaaram at Sri Kandaswamy Temple) Soorapanman, his two brothers (Singgamuhaasuran and...

The Kantha Sashti Fast The fast is observed for six days in the month of Aippasi, beginning from the day after the new moon. The first...

According to Kantha Puraanam, the six days that Lord Muruhan fought against the demon, Soorapanman, are collectively observed as the...

The Kantha Sashti Festival – Part 1 [Auspicious days for Muruhan] The auspicious days for Muruhan: Fridays, the constellation of...

The Month of Aadi and its Auspicious Days Why the month of Aadi is significantly auspicious? Among the twelve Tamil months, the birth of...

Mahaalaya Patcham by Prof. Dr. K. Thilagawathi What is meant by Mahaalaya Patcham? The word patcham in the phrase Mahaalaya Patcham, is...

SRI VARALAKSHMI FAST When the fast is observed? The word Varalakshmi denotes Goddess Lakshmi who gives all the boons requested by...

Thillai vaal(z) andhaNartham adiyaarkkum adiyaen Before Sundharamoortthi Naayanaar was born on earth as the son of Sadaiyanaar, a great...

The phrase, Aani Utthiram, is made up of the word, Aani (mid-June to mid-July) which denotes the third month in the Tamil calendar, and...

On the eighth, ninth and tenth days, there will be extra rituals apart from those mentioned earlier. On the Eighth day, a ritual known as...

The Kodiyaetram Festival Celebrated at Sri Kandaswamy Temple The Eve of the Festival: The festival starts from the eve of the kodiyaetram...

The Religious Significance of the Flagpole in a Temple The flagpole and the flag, in the context of a temple, remind one, of the...

It will be useful to briefly see the fivefold graceful functions of God and the fourfold means of attaining salvation, before proceeding...

Kodiyaetram – An Introduction The meaning of the word, ‘kodiyaetram’, is the raising of (a) flag; ‘kodi’ means flag and ‘aetram’ means...

The word Thaippoosam and its meaning. The word Thaippoosam is made up of two words, namely, Thai and Poosam. Thai is the tenth month of...

It is obvious that more things may be carried with a pole across the shoulder than on the head or on the shoulder. This also explains...