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Sooranporu or Soorasamharam is a ritual folk performance that recreates the killing of Asuras by Lord Murugan.〔 It is performed in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and the district of Palakkad in Kerala at temples dedicated to Murugan. The ''Soorasamharam'' festival is also celebrated in Thiruvannur Subramanya Swami temple in Kozhikode District kerala for more than a century in the name Sooranpada. The Sooranporu performance is based on the story of Murugan, also known as Skanda, as given in the Skandapurana. In the days preceding the performance the Skandapaurana is narrated in the temple. The performance ends with the killing of Soorapadman (or Padmasura) and his race which is depicted through the symbolic beheading of the four Asuras Anamughan, Panumughan, Simhamughan and Soorapadman.〔 The Asuras are beheaded by Murugan using his weapon the ''vel'' a kind of spear or javelin. For the performance the ''vel'' is specially consecrated and during the staging of the show it is ceremonially placed on the neck of the effigy after which the head is removed, depicting the beheading of the Asura.〔 Sooranporu is staged at the end of a week-long ''Kanda Sashti'' festival.〔 Sooranporu is preceded by several ceremonies on the last day of the ''Kanda Sashti'' festival. Special pujas are conducted and the deity of Murugan is ritually anointed (abhishekam) and devotees seek the deity's darshan. In some parts of Tamil Nadu women devotees observe a six-day fast which they break at the end of the Sooranporu. In Palani, a procession of Lord Murugan (known here as ''Dandayuthapaniswamy'') is taken down from the hill temple and led through the main thoroughfares of the town before the Sooranporu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dhandapani Murugan Kovil )〕 In Tamil Nadu, Sooranporu is witnessed every year by large crowds of devotees and the state government and Indian Railways ply special buses and trains to facilitate their travel. In Kerala's Palakkad district, Sooranporu is held in all the major Tamil settlements in the district.〔 == Tiruchendur Soorasamharam Festival == Soorasamharam festival is celebrated in a grand manner in Thiruchendur Murugan Temple in Tamilnadu. It is believed that Lord Muruga killed Soorapadman on the sea shores of Tiruchendur. Tiruchendur was previously called as jayanthipuram, which means the city of victory, due to the decisive victory of Lord Muruga over the demon king Soorapadman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sooranporu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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