Kartika Purnima
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Kartika Purnima, also known as Kartika Pournami, is a Hindu, Sikh, and Jain cultural festival that is celebrated on purnima, the 15th day of the lunar month Kartika. It falls on November or December of the Gregorian calendar and is also known as Tripurari Purnima or Deva-Deepavali, the gods's festival of lights. Karthika Deepam is a related festival that is celebrated in South India and Sri Lanka on a different date. It follows Diwali by about 15 days.
Here, the five-headed Tripurantaka is seen pointing an arrow towards the Tripura (rightmost top corner) with the bow made of Mount Meru and the serpent Vasuki as its string. The four-headed god Brahma is seen, and the Moon and the Sun are depicted as the wheels of the chariot.
Pushkar Mela, 2006
People in Odisha celebrate Kartika Purnima by setting afloat miniature boita (boats) made from banana stem to remember the historical significance of the day.
Tripurantaka
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Tripurantaka or Tripurari is a manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva. This form of the deity is featured in a Puranic legend in which he destroys the three cities of the asuras, called Tripura, with a single arrow.
