Surasamharam (Tamil: சூரசம்ஹாரம், romanized: Sūrasaṃhāram),[1][2] also called Suranporu, is a Hindu ritual folk performance that recreates the legend of the killing of asuras by the deity Murugan.

It is also celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Sri Lanka, and the district of Palakkad in Kerala at temples dedicated to Murugan.

[3] For the performance the vel is specially consecrated; 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.

In some parts of Tamil Nadu, devotees observe a six-day fast, which they break at the end of the Surasamharam.

The state government and Indian Railways ply special buses and trains to facilitate their travel.