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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR KARTHIGAI (THIRUKKARTHIGAI) FESTIVAL

HAPPY KARTHIGAI TO ALL 

For all karthigai recipes click the recipe names.

In Tamil Nadu, Karthigai deepam or Karthigai pandigai is celebrated for three days. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Karthigai month, which coincides with Krithikai star. It is a festival of lamps. Crackers and fireworks are burnt at home. Bonfires are lit in front of the temples.

How to celebrate?:

Naivedyams:
In addition to general pandigai menu, the offerings to the Deepam are Nel pori urundai, Aval pori urundai, Kadalai urundai, Vadai and Appam. Some other special recipes can also be made.

Lamps used:
Earthen lamps, Copper and brass lamps, pure silver lamps.

NOTE:
Buy earthen lamps atleast 2 days before, immerse in water overnight. Drain and allow it to dry completely.

Things to be arranged before:
Wash the lamps and when dry, keep chandanam and kumkum for the lamps. Wick the lamps. Put a kolam in the frontyard.

Wear nine yards saree. Arrange the naivedyams and thamboolam. Oil and light the lamps. Offer the naivedyams to Deepalakshmi along with karpoora arathi. Place the oil lamps on the kolam, thulasi maadam, and decorate the house with lamps. Arrange the oil lamps near doors, windows, balconies, compound walls and also on the parapet walls of the open terrace. Celebrate for three days like this. The third day is called "Kuppai karthigai" and oil lamps are lit also in the backyard, sideyard, toilets and bathrooms.


KARTHIGAI PANDIGAI, KARTHIGAI DEEPAM, DEEPAM FESTIVAL

MEDHU VADAI
  



8 comments :

  1. இனிய கார்த்திகை தீபத் திருநாள் நல்வாழ்த்துகள்.

    படங்கள் எல்லாமே சூப்பரோ சூப்பர். நாகில் நீர் வரவழைப்பதாக ... அதுவும் அந்தக்கடைசியில் உள்ள மெது வடைகள் ... ஆஹா ! ;)

    அடைக்கு பதிலாக வடையா ?

    அடை + குணுக்கு வேண்டுமென்றால் இங்கு வாங்கோ

    http://gopu1949.blogspot.in/2012/12/blog-post_14.html

    [பரிசு பெற்ற படைப்பு]

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  2. A very comprehensive and wonderful post especially for the young newly married

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  3. Can you please post the recipe for manahoram? (ie thaenkuzhal in vella paagu urundai)

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  4. Can you please post the recipe of manahoram (thaenkuzhal in vella paagu urundai)?

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  5. see here radha ravi http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.in/2009/08/manoharam.html

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  6. what a fabulous spread of delicacies and all homemade...looks beautiful :-)

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