Kumara Kottam
The temple enshrining Subramanyar at Kanchipuram has been revered by the hymns of Arunagirinathar. It is located in between the Kamakshi and Ekambreswarar temples in the Somaskanda formation in the town of Kanchipuram.Kumara Kottam is a well visited temple with two prakarams and a complete pantheon of parivara devatas enshrined in their respective shrines. The Kartikai asterism each month attracts large crowds.
Kandha Purānam
Kachiyappa (Kachiyappa Siva Acharya), a Tamil scholar, was a priest in the Kumara Kottam temple. He composed the Ganda Puranam. The mandapam where Kachiyappa composed the text, the Gandhapurana Arangedra Mandapam (Outer Hall) still exists in the temple complex. Even now, peacocks flock to the premises.[5] Kachiyapar wrote an epic consisting of 10,346 verses in six cantos. It is believed that the first line of the first Padhigam was written by Murugan, the family deity of Kachiappa. It is also believed that God edited 100 stanzas written by the priest during the day.[9] The poet took his composition to God and rehearsed it.[10] Even now the priests in the temple are descendants of Kachiyappa
Festival of kumarkottam
A popular festival held here is Kanda Shashti (in November), the 6th day of the waxing (bright) half of the lunar month of Kartika, named after Murugan, also known as Skanda (Kandhan in Tamil).[5] Celebrations are held at the temple during the month of Karthikai (November–December) between the dark (waning) half and the bright (waxing) half of the moon, when a large number of lamps are lit in the temple.[4] The temple is worshiped six times a day. A festival is held in the temple on the days of the rising star Krittikai (as per Hindu calendar) in every lunar month, when a large number of devotees offer prayers to the deity.
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