Karthika Deepam
― Kartik Poornima celebrated in the month of November-December is the sacred day, when the ghats of Varanasi come alive with thousands of brightly-lit earthern lamps. Visitors throng in large numbers to watch this spectacular event, famous as 'Dev Deepawali'. ∙ Kartik Poornima is very auspicious and religious day for the Jains.This is the day of ‘Nirvana’ of Lord Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara.To them it is the Deva Diwali when Lord Mahavira is worshiped, Agams (Jain holy books) [...].
