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Dear Prasanna jee I wish add more to what you have said.

 

Karthika Deepam

Karthika Deepam is a festival of lights, celebrated in the south month

of Kartika. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Kaarthika month

which coincides with Krithika star. It is also considered as the

extension of the Deepavali festival. In some houses, they double the

number of lamps every day from the day of Deepavali and this way, they

end up with a number of lamps on the day of Kaarthigai Deepam.

 

It is celebrated in a special manner in Thiruvannamalai. Lord Shiva asks

Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu to find out the exact location of his head

and his feet. Since Lord Shiva takes a gigantic form, they are not able

to find out anywhere. Then Lord Shiva takes the form of a jyothi (light

of fire) on the hill of Thiruvannamali. Therefore, this festival is also

known as Annamalai Deepam. Here, a special torch is lighted on the

zenith of the hill and it is believed that Lord Shiva's jothi will be

visible on this day.

 

Lord Muruga took the form of six babies in a lake called "Saravana

Poigai". On this day, all his six forms were united by Parvathi(his

mother) and this way, he had six faces. Special poojas are performed to

Lord Muruga.

 

On this day, people clean the houses. In the evening, they draw kolams

(rangoli) in the front of the house and also place some lamps on it. The

lamps are placed in the pooja and lighted. Then the Deeparathana is done

in which the lamps are moved to different places in the house. The lamps

glow all over the streets on this day. The lamps are arranged near the

doors and windows and also in the balconies. In this way, people of

South celebrate Kaarthika Deepam for three days.

 

Source: diwalifestival.org best wishes Shiva Shankara

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