Varanasi: Dev Deepawali was celebrated with great fervour in Varanasi. Fireworks illuminated the sky on the ghats of River Ganga in the holy on Friday. The video of breathtaking ffireworks also surfaced online.
People gathered in large numbers to witness the fireworks. Notably, Dev Diwali is celebrated every year on Kartik Purnima.
Here Is The Video:
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | People gather in large numbers on the Ghats of river Ganga as the night sky of Varanasi illuminates with fireworks on the occasion of #DevDeepawalipic.twitter.com/lVsPvOaWoM
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2024
Earlier in the day, a large crowd of devotees arrived in Varanasi to take a holy dip in the River Ganga on the occasion of Kartik Purnima. The full moon day or the eighth lunar month, is referred to as Kartik or Kartik Purnima. This year, Kartik Purnima fell on Friday, November 15.
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.
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.
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.