Significance of Kartik Purnima

Significance of Kartik Purnima: Karthika pournami is a full moon day in the month of Karthika Masam. Devotees wake up early in the morning and have a bath at the banks of the river or at home when not feasible and perform fasting.

Our ancient texts say that a devotee obtains salvation, wealth, health and fulfill all their wishes by just lighting up the lamp in the month of Karthika masa.

We light 365 wicks on this day resembling 365 days in a year. People who cannot light a lamp in front of God every day and cannot perform rituals every day, there is a provision on this day that if we can light a lamp consisting of 365 wicks, it is worth of lighting every day.

On this Karthik Purnima, people like to light lamp early morning before sunrise and few like to lamp in the evening after sunset after breaking they're fast.

When it comes to Vaishnava's version of saying, today is the day lord Vishnu incarnated as Matsyavataram to save Manu from maha pralaya.

Rituals of Karthika Purnima or Karthik Deepam:

• One should wake up early in the morning and clean the house with a wet cloth.
• Put beautiful floral designs of rangoli with rice flour and apply turmeric to gummalu (entrance portals)
• If possible have a bath at the banks of the river or just chant deities of the river and have a bath at home.
• Fasting is done throughout the day and then the light lamp and break the fast.
• In the evening perform pooja and offer naivedyam.

Preparation for Karthika Purnima Pooja:

• Make thin thread-like wicks with cotton consisting of 365 wicks.
• Soak them in cow ghee and light them directly or with the help of little camphor. The light of the lamp becomes so bright that all evil forces get destroyed.
• We can light in front of Tulasi or we can go to the temple and light there.
• If you are planning to perform pooja then there is a list of Ingredients you must segregate.
• Turmeric powder, kumkum, beetle leaf, dhoop sticks, banana and akshintalu.

For Deeparadhana: 

Wicks(365 and individual), 2 deepam stand (pradhana and normal), sesame oil or cow ghee, achamana vessel, uddharini, hariveenam, kalasam pot and water.

Naivedyam/ offering:

Banana, tambhulam, Cow milk, jaggery, flowers, coconut.