Kanda Puranam is one of the greatest religious epics in Tamil literature written by Kachiappa Sivachariar, the priest of Kumarakottam in Kanchi.
Kanda Shastii Kavasam is a hindu devotional song written by Devaraya Swamigal, a powerful piece of Tamil literature sung in praise of Lord Murugan. This form of Lord Murugan is known as Arumuga Swami. Fridays are considered auspicious for worshipping Lord Murugan. Goddess Parvathi watched the beautiful infants grow, and she embraced all the six boys and gave them one form of Lord Murugan with six heads, and twelve hands. These women later reached the constellation as six stars. Each infant was placed into their own beautiful Lotus and nurtured by six women called Karthigai Pengal.
The divine mother Ganges carried the sparks in the form of flowing water into the Saravana Poikai Lake, where the sparks were split into six infants. So Lord Shiva emitted divine fire sparks from his third eye, which represents the element of space, while Agni(the fire God) and Vayu(the Wind God) carried the sparks and dropped them into the sacred River Ganges. To save the devas from the asuras, Lord Shiva created a powerful form who would not only defeat Tarakasura, but also become a universal teacher, possessing the highest levels of knowledge. Tarakasura, through his penance, got a boon from Lord Brahma that he can only die at the hands of the son of Lord Shiva. Once there was a demon (Asura) named Tarakasura, who was very powerful and defeated all the devas and enslaved them. He is called Shadaanana means the six-headed. Combine these five elements with Shakti (Pure Consciousness), and Lord Murugan was born. Those five heads represent the five elements of nature, namely, Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. Lord Shiva is called Panchaanana, meaning the Lord with five heads.
Hindus believe that the presiding deity of this kali yugam is Lord Murugan whose weapon, the spear or “Vel”, symbolizes victory, restoring peace, harmony, and destroying all evil forces, therefore Murugan is called “Kaliyugavardhan”. Lord Murugan was the leader of the mountainous region and is called Kurinji Aandavar. In Tamil literature, there are five types of land explained, those being Kurinji (mountainous region), Mullai (forest region), Marutham (agricultural region), Neithal (coastal region) and Palai (desert region). Lord Murugan has many names, such as Subrahmanya, Shanmukha, Kaartikeya, Skanda, Kumara, Devasenapati, Saravanabhava, Guha, Swaminathan and many more. Tamil sangam literature glorifies Murugan as the “Red God seated on a blue peacock, young and beautiful”. Lord Murugan, commonly known as the “Tamil God”, is the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi and is worshipped by Tamil communities throughout the world.
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