Festivals of South Asia - Karthigai Deepam

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:05:51 +0000

Rows of unlit lamps dot both sides of the street, all the way to the village temple tank. Women dressed in colourful silk saris, draw intricate geometric patterns, or kolams, at the entrance to their house. In the centre of each kolam stands a kuthu vilakku or ornamental brass lamp,  with smaller clay lamps, agal vilakkus, placed in a circle around it.