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Karthika Deepam (Tamil: Kārtikai tīpam) is a Hindu festival of lights. It is mainly observed mainly by Tamils in India, Sri Lanka and other regions with significant Tamil diaspora. The festival is celebrated on the first full moon day of the month of Kartika coinciding with Kṛttikā nakshatra, falling on the Gregorian months of November or ...
This is a list of cultural and technical festivals held in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) throughout India.Some colleges may combine these festivals with sports or other activities, while others may hold separate sports festivals.
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Kshitij is a masculine name that means "horizon" in Sanskrit: Kshitij may refer to: Kshitij, a 1974 Indian film starring Helen and Bharat Kapoor; Kshitij (festival), an annual techno-management fest of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Kshitij English Boarding School, a private boarding school, Banepa, Nepal
The festival car was not operational for the 25 years preceding 2003 and was resumed from 2003. The festival is followed by Thiruavadara Utsavam of Ramanuja, the birthday festival of the saint. [8] The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
The chariot is the largest of its kind in Asia and India weighing 300 tons with a height of 90 feet. The chariot comes around the four main streets surrounding the temple during the festival. The event is attended by lakhs of people from all over Tamil Nadu. [8] The Aazhi Ther is the biggest temple chariot in Tamil Nadu.
A father fire walking with his child during the annual Tamil Hindu festival at Udappu village in Sri Lanka. The Thimithi (Tamil: தீமிதி [1] [2] Kundam) [3] or firewalking ceremony is a Hindu festival originating in Tamil Nadu, South India that is celebrated a week before Deepavali, during the month of Aipasi (or Aippasi) of the Tamil calendar (Gregorian calendar months of October ...
The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]