Vaikasi Visakam 2024 Date, Time and Significance

vaikasi visakam 2024 date, time and significance

Vaikasi Visakam 2024 Date, Time and Significance

Vaikasi Visakam, a Tamil festival celebrating Lord Murugan's birthday, will be celebrated on Thursday, May 23, 2024. This coincides with the Visakam star (Vishakha Nakshatra), the sixteenth out of twenty-seven lunar mansions. Vaikasi Visakam reaches its peak when the Visakam star aligns with a full moon (Pournami).

Vaikasi Visakam 2024 Date and Timimgs:

Vaikasi Visakam Thursday, May 23, 2024
Visakam Nakshathram Begins 07:47 on May 22, 2024
Visakam Nakshathram Ends 09:15 on May 23, 2024

Vaikasi Visakam significance

Tamilians worldwide celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Murugan, the god of courage, wealth, and wisdom. He's revered as Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati's younger son, brother to Lord Ganesha. Also known by names like Lord Senthil, Lord Kumaran, and Lord Shanmugam, Murugan is depicted with six faces (Arumugam) symbolizing his omniscient vision, encompassing all directions and realms.

On this especially auspicious day, devotees join processions carrying milk to Subramania temples. There, they perform a special abhishekam, a ritual bathing ceremony with the offering of milk, to honor Lord Murugan.

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