Vaikasi Visakam Essay

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Vaikasi Visakam
Vaikasi Visakam is one of the most important festivals amongst the Tamil people all over the world. It is the birth anniversary of Lord Murugan, who took birth only to put an end to adharma and to uphold righteousness and finish off all evil demonic forces. The Vaikasi Visakam is also an important day for the Vaishnavites and the Buddhists too. For the Vaishnavites it celebrates Periyalvar's jayanti and to the Buddhists, it is the birth anniversary, the day of enlightenment and the parinirvana, or final end of Gautama Buddha.
The Vaikasi Visakam falls on the 14th Nakshatra out of the 27 Nakshatras, in the second month of the Tamil calendar, the Visakam on a full moon or a pournami day. Thus the day was in the Tamil month of …show more content…

Lord Muruga is believed to be the youngest son born to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Lord Ganesha is his brother. The other names that Lord Muruga is credited with are -Lord Senthil, Lord Kumaran, Lord Subramanyam and Lord Shanmugam. He has six faces with which he can keep a view of all the directions, like - East, West, North, South, Heaven and hell. Thus there is practically nothing that can escape Lord Murugan’s …show more content…

These 3 brothers had amassed great power by praying to the Gods and by intense penance. However, they in order to establish their own rule in the 3 worlds started harassing the Gods. The Gods, helpless finally went to Lord Shiva to appeal for help. Hearing the plea of the Gods, Lord Shiva made 6 sparks emit from his forehead, which filled the entire world with a divine luster. These sparks were carried off by Agni and Vayu to the Ganges, which pushed them inside the lake Lake Saravanai. This lake was filled with lotuses and reeds. The six sparks inside the lake took the form of six celestial children and were nursed and cared for by six kartika maidens. These six children then were embraced and welcomed by the Divine Mother, where after they became One with six faces and twelve hands. This is how Lord shanmugam was born. The six faces of Muruga is said to represent body, breath, senses, mind, intelligence and ego.
Because he is known by many names, Lord Murugan has many avatars also. As Murugan, he is young and handsome, as Subramanyan he is the su-Brahmanya or the good all pervading spirit,. He is the commander-in-chief and sits on a peacock with a Vel as a weapon in his hand. He is also sometimes represented with his two divine consorts known as Devayani and Valli. As Lord Guhan, he stays in the deep dark of one’s heart. As Saravanabavan, he had come

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