Dear Devotees, The Third Soma Vaaram (Monday) of the month of Kaartthihai will be observed at the Sri Kandaswamy Temple on Monday, 1st of December 2025 (15th day of Kaartthihai). Devotees are welcome to observe and participate in this auspicious fast and obtain the blessings of Sri Sakthi Vel Perumaan. _____ Kanthan Paatham Kanavilum Thunai Seiyum

Prepared by Dr. K. Thilagawathi Introduction Soma vaaram is the term given to ‘Monday’ in Sanskrit; in Tamil it is called ‘thinggaL kizhamai’; when said together it will be pronounced as ‘thinggatkizhamai’. The moon is commonly called as ‘chandhiran’ or ‘nilaa’; it is also referred to as ‘madhi’ or ‘soma’ or ‘thinggaL’. It can be seen how all these three languages acknowledge the day as the day auspicious to the moon, when English calls it Monday, Sanskrit refers to it as ‘so