New Delhi: A large number of devotees offered prayers and took dips in different rivers across the country on Kartik Purnima on Friday.
In Varanasi
A big crowd of devotees was seen in Varanasi while taking a holy dip in the Ganga River on the occasion of Kartik Purnima.
In Raebareli
In Raebareli hundreds of devotees offered prayers and took holy dip at various Ganga 'ghats' to celebrate the festival.
In Hyderabad
Devotees at the Shiva Hanuman Temple in Himayat Nagar, Hyderabad offered prayers on the occasion.
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In Jabalpur
People in Jabalpur offered prayers and took a holy dip in the Narmada River early morning on Friday.
The full moon day or the eighth lunar month, is referred to as Kartik or Kartik Purnima. The festival falls on the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartika and takes place fifteen days after Diwali.
The day of the full moon is called by several names throughout the nation according to the Hindu calendar, including Poornima, Poonam, Pournami, and Pournimasi.
Damadar month
Kartik month is referred to as Damodar month in the Vaishnava religion. One of the names of Lord Krishna is Damodar. Kartik Purnima is also celebrated as Dev Deepawali and marks the fifteenth lunar day of the Hindu month of Kartik.
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The festival is linked with Prabodhini Ekadashi and it marks the end of Chaturmas, a four-month period when Lord Vishnu is believed to sleep.
Boita Bandana in Odisha
In Odisha, the water bodies across the state came alive as lakhs of devotees gathered to celebrate Kartik Purnima marking the historic Boita Bandana ritual.
Every year, on the occasion of Kartik Purnima, people in Odisha celebrate the traditional maritime and naval festival, 'Boita Bandana', also known as 'Danga Bhasa.' (with Agency inputs)
