The makam star in the Masi month usually falls on the full moon day and is considered highly auspicious in many temples across southern India, especially in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.

Pujas and other rituals are held and thousands of devotees throng the shore to offer prayer.

The famous sedal is understood to mean self-imposed physical torture undertaken by devotees who pierce small silver hooks and spears in their body or tongues in fulfillment of some vow.

[5] Muthialpet murugan temple For, the people of Muthialpet, living around the Sri Sundara Vinayakar Subramanya Swamy Siddhivinayaka Temple, reserve the celebrations for the final day of the annual Skanda Sashti.

They wear new clothes and burst crackers at the time of the Soorasamharam when Lord Muruga waged a battle with Soorapadman.

According to mythology, Skanda Sashti is a six-day battle between the evil demon – Soorapadman and Lord Muruga, who finally kills the asura with the Vel (lance).

Rockets zoomed from one end of the rope to another to depict the powerful arrows of Lord Muruga.

He threw his vel at the demon, which tore him into two halves – one became a peacock, which is the Lord's vahana (vehicle), and the other a cock that was placed on His flag.

In the name of goddess Sri Panchali/Dhowpathy, people who vow to take part in the fire walking ordeal observe 40 days fast and wear saffron-coloured clothes and after a purificatory bath, walk through the fire stretch to the astonishment of the spectators.