New Delhi | Science academy Lifestyle Desk: Kartik Purnima is an auspicious festival that is celebrated in India on the Purnima of the Hindu month of Kartik. This day is also known as 'Tripuri Purnima' or 'Tripurari Purnima', this festival has a special significance to the Gods and is sometimes known as their festival of lights. This festival is also celebrated in Sri Lanka but is known as 'Karthikai Deepam' there. This year, Kartik Purnima will be observed on November 30. Coincidentally it will fall on the fourth Lunar Eclipse or Chandra Grahan of this year.
So as you observe Kartik Purnima, here we have
compiled everything about this day, from date to tithi and significance:
Kartik Purnima Date 2020:
Kartik Purnima will be observed today on November 30 this
year.
What is the Kartik Purnima 2020 tithi?
The Kartik Purnima Tithi will begin at 12:47 PM on Nov 29, 2020, and Purnima tithi will end at 02:59 PM on Nov 30, 2020.
Significance of Kartik Purnima 2020:
According to Hindu mythology, this festival is one of the
important and ancient festivals of India. Usually, devotees take a bath in the
Ganga river on this day and this day is known as Kartik Snana. On this day,
Lord Shiva killed a trio of Asura brothers who was known as Tipurasura, and
Lord Shiva took the avatar of Tipurari to kill them.
After killing them, Lord Shiva restored peace, and thus after
that Devas celebrated Diwali on this day to celebrate the victory of Lord Shiva
over the evil.
On this day, a grand mela is held at Pushkar. The fair begins
on Prabodhini Ekadashi, and it falls a week or so before Kartik Purnima. Kartik
Purnima is also the last day to perform Tulsi Vivah.
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