Vaikasi Visakam
vaikasi visakam tamil hindu festival fall day moon transit visaka nakshatram vaikasi mayjune second month tamil calendar festival celebrated commemorate birth anniversary hindu god murugan according kanda puranam tamil version skanda purana three asura race celestial being surapadman singamukhan tarakasuran performed austerity propitiate hindu god shiva shiva granted various boon gave nearimmortality ability conquer three world subsequently started reign tyranny oppressed living being including devas people devas pleaded shiva assistance put end reign surapadman asura response shiva manifested five additional head divine spark emerged six head initially windgod vayu carried spark firegod agni took possession afterwards unbearable heat agni deposited spark ganga river water ganga started evaporating due intense heat goddess ganga took saravana lake spark developed baby boy six boy raised handmaiden known kṛttikās later fused one parvati thus giving rise sixheaded murugan day festival special pujas abhishekam performed worshiper visit murugan temple chant mantra people offered panchamirtham prasad sweet alms donated poor god taken procession chariot special mount devotee murugan carry kavadi physical burden fulfillment vow made god