Kartik Purnima & Dev Diwali 2025 Date, History and Importance: Kartik Purnima, also known as Tripuri Purnima and Tripurari Purnima, is a significant festival predominantly marked by the Hindu and Jain communities across India.

Mirroring the Diwali celebrations, it is celebrated as Dev Deepavali in North India, and on the day, devotees donate lamps, recite Vedic mantras, and sing bhajans, signifying the triumph of good over evil.

Meanwhile, in South India, the Karthigai Deepam festival is marked in Tamil Nadu , Trikarthika in Kerala, and Karthika Maasalu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana by the lighting of rows of lamps with 365 wicks in Lord Shiva temples on Karthika Puranam, which is the full moon day.

Together, these festivals signify purity, prosperity, and the illumination of the s

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