Karthikai Deepam

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Agal vilakku (oil lamps) during the occasion of Karthigai Deepam
Agal vilakku (oil lamps) during the occasion of Karthigai Deepam

Karthikai Deepam is a festival of lights celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the full moon day of Karthikai month (November/December). Houses and streets are lit up with rows of oil lamps (Deepam) the evening of the festival day. The huge lamp lit at Tiruvannamalai hills is very famous.

Karthikai Deepam is one of the oldest festivals celebrated by the Tamil people. The festival finds reference in Sangam literature like Ahananuru and the poems of Auvaiyar.[1]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ The Hindu: Glow of prosperity
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