Thrikarthika celebrated in Kerala today

Thrikarthika is celebrated in Kerala today. Today, Kerala celebrates the festival of lights- Thrikarthika or the Karthika vilakku as it is called. Observed on the Karthika nakshathram of the Malayalam month Vrischikam, Karthika falls on the most beautiful full-moon day. Today, little girls and ladies in the Hindu families celebrate by magnificently decorating their houses and streets with lighted traditional oil lamps kindling the spirit of festivity and joy.

Thrikarthika is widely celebrated in southern Kerala. It is on the same day that our next door pals at Tamil Nadu celebrate Tiruvannamalai Maha deepam. Today, conventionally, the Kerala family houses which have cattle, rejoice the occasion by decorating the cow sheds and other places used by the animals.

An exquisite delicacy that is prepared on this day is the Karthika Puzhukku, made out of fresh tapioca, elephant yam and other tubers with dollops of grated coconut. Though no mythological tales are related to the festival, Malayalees attribute this divine occasion to worship the Shakti or Bhagavati. Another section claims the day to be the birthday of Lord Subramanya and hence special prayers are conducted in the Subramanya temples today.

Tonight as the gorgeously lit streets wink at the fully round moon- the queen of the night- the viewers will have a bewitching spectacle to enchant their eyes and soul!

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