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The festival of Kartik Poornima

New Delhi: The Kartik Poornima festival is considered very auspicious as it is believed that annually on  this day, the gods come down on earth and make their homes in the sacred rivers.  People take

PTI Published : Nov 27, 2012 21:35 IST, Updated : Mar 21, 2013 17:59 IST


Tripurasura had conquered the whole world and defeated the gods and also created three cities in space, together called "Tripura". 



The killing of the demons and destruction of their cities with a single arrow - by Shiva overjoyed the gods and they pronounced the day as a festival of illuminations.  

This day is also called "Dev-Diwali" - the Diwali of the gods. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights.

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