Karthigai Deepam is a festival of lights celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the full moon day of Karthigai month (November/December), which is observed in every home and in every Murugan temple.
Milk pots and Kavadi’s are offered to god in the morning. Houses and streets are usually lit up with rows of oil lamps (Deepam) in the evening.
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