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Karthikai Deepam〔(South Indians celebrate Karthigai Deepam or extended Diwali ) The Times of India News Paper Dec 5, 2014〕 or Karthikai vilakkidu is a Hindu specially Tamils Festival of Lights. The festival is observed in most Hindu homes and every temple, and falls in the month of ''Kārttikai'' (mid-November to mid-December) as per Tamil calendar. This occurs on the day when the moon is in conjunction with the constellation Karthigai (Pleiades) and pournami. This constellation appears as a group of six stars in the firmament in the shape of a pendant from the ear. ==The story of six stars== Many legends and lyrical poetry have grown round this star. The six stars are considered in Indian mythology as the six celestial nymphs who reared the six babies in the saravana tank which later were joined together to form the six faced Muruga. He is therefore called ''Karthikeya'', the incarnation of lord Shiva as his second son after lord Ganesha. Stories tells lord shiva created Muruga from his 3rd eye〔Third eye The third eye of lord shiva from all his six faces used to create Lord Muruga as his son〕 of six primary faces (Tatpurusam,〔Tatpurusam The face of Concealing Grace〕 Aghoram,〔Aghora The face of annihilation〕 Sadyojatam,〔Sadyojata The face of Creation〕 Vamadevam,〔Vamadeva The face of Preservation/Healing/Dissolution/Rejuvenation〕 Eesanam,〔Ishana The face of Revealing Grace〕 Adhomukam〔(The 6th face of shiva specified in literature named ''sri kanda puranam'' (Skanda Purana) )〕). Stories tells the six forms made into six child and each of them brought up by the six Karthigai nymphs and later merged into one by his mother Parvati. While merging he also formed into a six faced (Arumugam and twelve handed god. The Lord muruga is also portrayed with his six plays〔Six Abodes of Murugan The six spiritual temples (homes) of Lord Muruga〕 and worshiped with six names. As the six nymphs helped in growing the six child, lord shiva blessed immortality to the six nymphs as ever living stars on the sky. Any worship performed to this six stars is equal to worshiping lord muruga himself. They are worshiped by lit up with rows of oil lamps (''Deepam'') in the evening of the festival day around the souses and streets. Karthikai Deepam is also known as Kartikeya, or Muruga's birthday. Other Mythological Stories and Literature on this 6 stars Pleiades in folklore and literature〔Other Mythological Stories and Literature on this 6 stars Pleiades in folklore and literature〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karthikai Deepam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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