KARTHIKA MAASA HOMA KARTHIGAI MAASAM

Kartika Deepam (Tamil: கார்த்திகை தீபம் romanized: Kārtikai tīpam) is a festival of lights that is observed mainly by Hindu Tamils and also by adherents in the regions of Kerala Andhra Pradesh Telangana Karnataka and Sri Lanka. Celebrated in Tamilakam and Sri Lanka since the ancient period[1] the festival is held on the full moon day of the Kartika (கார்த்திகை) month called the Kartika Pournami falling on the Gregorian months of November or December.[2] It is marked on the day the full moon is in conjunction with the constellation of Kartika. It corresponds to the occasion of the Kartika Purnima though it falls on a different day due to the correction of equinoxes in the Tamil calendar.[3]

In Kerala this festival is known as Trikkartika celebrated in the honour of Chottanikkara Bhagavati a form of Lakshmi. It is celebrated in the name of Lakshabba in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.

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