Subrahmanya Shashti (Skanda Shashti)
Subrahmanya Shashti – Subbarayudu Shashti in the Telugu lands – is the great festival of Lord Subrahmanya Swamy on Margashira Shukla Shashti. Devotees fast, worship the Lord in his serpent form, pour milk at anthills and pray for the well-being of their children, and the Subrahmanya temples hold their grandest celebrations.