Plate F · SHTISkanda Ṣaṣṭhīस्कंद षष्ठी
URN · skanda-sashti
Festivals · 6 days
Provisionalस्कंद षष्ठी
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Skanda Sashti
ISynopsis
Six-day festival commemorating Lord Murugan's victory over the demon Surapadman; major festival in Tamil Nadu.
Provenance ledger
9 entries
- RecurrenceLunar — Kartika · shukla pakṣa · tithi 1 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
- Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
- Name (eng/Latn)Skanda Sashtitextual
- Name (hin/Deva)स्कंद षष्ठीtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)கந்த சஷ்டிtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)స్కంద షష్టిtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಸ್ಕಂದ ಷಷ್ಠಿtextual
- Name (mal/Mlym)സ്കന്ദ ഷഷ്ഠിtextual
- Observed at10 templescommunity attested
IIIObserved at
10 attested- Temple f9161e77deity-festival association
- Temple 4281aeeadeity-festival association
- Temple 54410ec7deity-festival association
- Temple 0f69530edeity-festival association
- Temple d4aa38cddeity-festival association
- Temple 9de9a0c1deity-festival association
- Temple 7549df84deity-festival association
- Temple 83288260deity-festival association
- Temple 6fccee6adeity-festival association
- Temple 8c42ea6bdeity-festival association
IVNames across registers
- eng / LatnSkanda SashtiSix-day festival commemorating Lord Murugan's victory over the demon Surapadman; major festival in Tamil Nadu.
- hin / Devaस्कंद षष्ठीकार्तिक शुक्ल प्रतिपदा से षष्ठी तक भगवान मुरुगन की छह दिवसीय पूजा।
- tam / Tamlகந்த சஷ்டிகார்த்திக மாதத்தில் ஆறு நாட்கள் நடைபெறும் முருகன் சுரசம்ஹாரம் திருவிழா.
- tel / Teluస్కంద షష్టి
- kan / Kndaಸ್ಕಂದ ಷಷ್ಠಿ
- mal / Mlymസ്കന്ദ ഷഷ്ഠി
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