Karthikai Deepam

Appam

karthikai Pori

Karthikai deepam

This festival is celebrated in the month karthikai pournami day.We put rangoli and light earthern lamps and big vilakkus. Two days before we clean them.Keep the big vilakku at the entrance of our home and keep the other lamps around the big one. We prepare aval pori nel pori undais and sweet appams and exchange with others. Brother goes to sisiter;s house and give her vattila pakku pazham, money and pori appams.

It is delighted to see the light everywhere.

Skantha Shashti

Skantha Shashti

It is the important festival of Tamil people.Lord Muruga did Sura samhara on this day. It starts from Amavasa(Diwali day and after sixth day (shashti) we celebrate Skantha shashti .Shashti is the favourite day of Muruga. TheShashti Vritam begins on October 22nd and ends on October 27th. The day after SkandaShashti is celebrated as Devasena Kalyanam. Devotees keep fasting and prayers on this day.If you fast on this day every month you will blessed with a child(those who pray for a child) In Thiruchendur people gather to have dharsan of lord muruga.Thousands of people take kavadi and palkudam on this day to fullfill their prayers.

To know more details go to this site http://murugan.org/index.htm