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Surasmharam festival is celebrated to workship lord Murugan or Sri Subramanya Swami. Soorasamharam takes place Tiruchendur Sri Subramanya Swami Temple.

The day is of great significance at the Lord Muruga Temples in South India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

The popular belief is that Lord Murugan killed Soorapadman with his ‘Vel’ and this divine act is known as Soorasamharam.

On the day, devotees celebrate this victory of good over evil and restoration of Dharma.The Soorasamharam festival is celebrated in Tamilnadu state and by hindu people in India and all over the world.

The Sura Samharam festival is a ritual tradition practised a long time ago by the Sengunthars. At the Sura Samhara festival, they dress up as the lieutenants of Lord Karthikeya and enact the killing of the demon Narakasura. Viravagu Utsavam is a festival associated with 14 naattu Sengunthar in the holy town of Tiruchendur and other abodes of Lord Muruga.