AWAKENINGS

Vaikasi Visakam  is celebrated as the birthday of  Lord Murugan . It is celebrated during Visakam Nakshatra in Tamil month Vaikasi . Vaikasi is the second Solar month in Tamil Calendar and Visakam is the sixteenth star out of twenty-seven stars which prevails at least once in every month. Vaikasi Visakam falls in the month of May or June. The birth anniversary of  Lord Muruga , who is also known as God of Courage, Wealth and Wisdom, is mainly celebrated by Tamilians all over the world. Lord Muruga is the younger son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and brother of Lord Ganesha . Lord Muruga is also known as Lord Senthil , Lord Kumaran , Lord Subramanyam and Lord Shanmugam . Lord Murugan has six faces and because of that, He is also known as  Lord Arumugam . Due to His six faces, Lord Murugan can see in East, West, North, South, Heaven and Patala (netherworld) simultaneously. On Vaikasi Visakam , the day when the Nakshatram Visakam coincides with t