{"id":15970,"date":"2022-01-06T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T07:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puliyuransithartemple.org\/english\/?page_id=15970"},"modified":"2022-01-06T08:20:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T08:20:14","slug":"karthigai-deepam-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.puliyuransithartemple.org\/english\/karthigai-deepam-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"KARTHIGAI DEEPAM FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"agrikole-headings clearfix text-center\" data-font=50 data-mfont=35 style=\"\"><h2 class=\"heading clearfix \" style=\"font-size:50px;\">\r\n\t\tFESTIVALS\r\n\t<\/h2><div class=\"sep clearfix\" style=\"margin:5px 0 0;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.puliyuransithartemple.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/separator.png\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"agrikole-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"30\" data-mobi=\"30\" data-smobi=\"30\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=&#8221;yes&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;57&#8243; el_class=&#8221;sample&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"agrikole-headings clearfix text-center\" data-font=23 data-mfont=23 style=\"\"><h4 class=\"heading clearfix \" style=\"font-size:23px;\">\r\n\t\tKARTHIGAI DEEPAM FESTIVAL\r\n\t<\/h4><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"agrikole-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"30\" data-mobi=\"30\" data-smobi=\"30\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"agrikole-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"30\" data-mobi=\"30\" data-smobi=\"30\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karthigai Deepam Festival is celebrated on the Karthigai Star day in the Tamil month Karthigai (mid-November to mid-December). The festival deity Chidambarathandavar on the Rishaba Vahanam was decorated gorgeously and traveled across the village to bless the devotees. A bonfire with palmyra leaves lit in front of the temple. It is believed to ward off evil forces and usher in prosperity and joy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note: During the special prayer in the festivals, Angala eswari was propitated with sweet pongal (a dish made of raw rice cooked in milk with jaggery, ghee and cardamom) as a sacred food. Veerabhadrar was worshiped with milk pongal (a dish made of raw rice cooked in milk) as a sacred food. Irulappar was worshiped with sweet pongal (a dish made of crystal sugar candy mixed with cooked raw rice) as a sacred food, Padhali Amman was worshiped with panchamirtham (a preparation of smashed ripened bananas, grapefruit, Deseeded dates mixed with honey and crystal sugar candy) as a sacred food, Vinayagar was worshiped with poha in milk as a sacred food.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]\r\n\t<div class=\"agrikole-spacer clearfix\" data-desktop=\"30\" data-mobi=\"30\" data-smobi=\"30\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;58&#8243; el_class=&#8221;sample&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=&#8221;yes&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overflow-visible&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;57&#8243; el_class=&#8221;sample&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Karthigai Deepam Festival is celebrated on the Karthigai Star day in the Tamil month Karthigai (mid-November to mid-December). The festival deity Chidambarathandavar on the Rishaba Vahanam was decorated gorgeously and traveled across the village to bless the devotees. 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