Thoothukudi, June 9 -- Devotees in huge numbers reached the Tiruchendur Subramanya Swamy Temple in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu to celebrate Vaikasi Visakam.

The famous Vaikasi Visakam festival, also known as the spring festival, began on May 31.

The devotees wore traditional attire on the occasion of Vaikasi Visakam and celebrated the festival by performing the traditional dance.

The grand Vaikasi Visakam festival is celebrated by Tamilians to mark Lord Murugan's birth anniversary, and it attracts thousands of devotees every year. The festival lasts for 10 days, in which different processions mark each day.

Lord Murugan, also known as Kartikeya, Skanda, or Subrahmanya, has six faces and mounts on a peacock. It is said that Kartikeya was b...