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| holiday_name = Soorasamharam<br />
| type = Hindu<br />
| image = Murugar Statue.JPG<br />
| caption = Lord Murugan(kartikeya)<br />
| nickname = Kanda Shashti<br />
| observedby = Tamil Hindus<br />
| significance = Victory of good over evil<br />
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| date = {{Hindu festival date}} (falls in Aippasi or Kartigai month of [[Tamil calendar]])<br />
| frequency = Annual<br />
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'''Sooranporu''' or '''Soorasamharam''' part of '''Kandha Sashti Vratham''' festival is a ritual folk performance that recreates the killing of [[Asuras]] by [[Lord Murugan]].<ref name="thehindu"/> It is performed in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Sri Lanka]] and the [[Palakkad district|district of Palakkad]] in [[Kerala]] at temples dedicated to Murugan. The ''Soorasamharam'' festival is also celebrated in Thiruvannur Subramanya Swami temple in [[Kozhikode District]] kerala for more than a century in the name ''' Sooranpada'''.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|title=The fall of demons|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/theatre/the-fall-of-demons/article4244670.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Devotees throng Palani for Soorasamharam|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/devotees-throng-palani-for-soorasamharam/article881272.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 November 2010}}</ref> In the year 2021, the festival will be celebrated on 9th November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dasara festival: restrictions imposed for devotees |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/temple/article36716827.ece |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=28 September 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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The date of Soorasamharam is fixed using the [[Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar#chandramana | lunar portion]] of the [[Hindu calendar | Hindu lunisolar calendar]] and is celebrated on {{Hindu festival date}}. Since the Tamil calendar months are based on the [[Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar#sauramana | solar portion]] of the Hindu calendar, this festival falls in the month of either Aippasi or Karthigai in the Tamil calendar.<ref name=drikpanchang>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drikpanchang.com/vrats/skanda-sashti-dates.html?year=2021|title=2021 Skanda Sashti, Kanda Sashti dates for New Delhi, NCT, India}}</ref><br />
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The Sooranporu performance is based on the story of Murugan, also known as [[Murugan|Kandha]], as given in the [[Skanda Purana|Kandhapurana]]. In the days preceding the performance the Kandhapaurana is narrated in the temple. The performance ends with the killing of Soorapadman (or Padmasura) and his race which is depicted through the symbolic beheading of the four Asuras Anamughan, Panumughan, Simhamughan and Soorapadman.<ref name="thehindu" /> The Asuras are beheaded by Murugan using his weapon the ''vel'' a kind of spear or javelin. For the performance the ''vel'' is specially consecrated and during the staging of the show it is ceremonially placed on the neck of the effigy after which the head is removed, depicting the beheading of the Asura.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="thehindu_a">{{cite news|title=Thousands of devotees witness 'Soorasamharam'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/thousands-of-devotees-witness-soorasamharam/article4110361.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 November 2012}}</ref> Sooranporu is staged at the end of a week-long ''Kanda Sashti'' festival.<ref name="thehindu_a" /><ref>{{cite news|title='Soorasamharam' performed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/soorasamharam-performed/article3067049.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 October 2006}}</ref><br />
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Sooranporu is preceded by several ceremonies on the last day of the ''Kanda Sashti'' festival. Special [[Puja (Hinduism)|pujas]] are conducted and the deity of Murugan is ritually anointed ([[abhishekam]]) and devotees seek the deity's darshan. In some parts of Tamil Nadu devotees observe a six-day fast which they break at the end of the Sooranporu. In [[Palani]], a procession of Lord Murugan (known here as ''Dandayuthapaniswamy'') is taken down from the [[Palani Murugan temple|hill temple]] and led through the main thoroughfares of the town before the Sooranporu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamilnadu.com/temples/dhandapani-murugan-kovil.html|title=Dhandapani Murugan Kovil|publisher=Tamilnadu.com|date=5 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307142728/http://tamilnadu.com/temples/dhandapani-murugan-kovil.html|archivedate=7 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands witness 'Soorasamharam'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/thousands-witness-soorasamharam/article881500.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 November 2010}}</ref><br />
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At [[Thiruchendur Murugan Temple]], six days celebrations for Kanda Sashti start from Pirathamai of Aippasi Masam culminate on Soorasamharam day. [[Thiru Kalyanam]] is observed on the next day of Soorasamharam.<ref name=drikpanchang /><br />
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[[File:Soorasamharam.jpg|thumb|Temple idol procession in [[Vennanthur]] during the festival of Soora Samhaaram]]<br />
Every year temple idol procession is taken out in cities during the festival of [[Soora Samhaaram]]. In Tamil Nadu, Sooranporu is witnessed every year by large crowds of devotees and the [[Government of Tamil Nadu|state government]] and [[Indian Railways]] ply special buses and trains to facilitate their travel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands of devotees witness Soorasamharam|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/thousands-of-devotees-witness-soorasamharam/article4110166.ece|accessdate=24 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 November 2012}}</ref> In Kerala's Palakkad district, Sooranporu is held in all the major Tamil settlements in the district.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
http://www.tiruchendurmurugantemple.tnhrce.in/festival.html<br />
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