Thursday, December 08, 2011

Karthigai Deepam

Karthigai deepam
Lighting up the earthen lamps
illuminates the houses
enhanced to rust and red in color

Along the windowsills and balconies
the lamps lit on Karthigai Deepam
host a grand reception to bewitch

The brass lamps hold to the halls
embraces any festivals of sort
as auspicious to enhance and behold

Footnote:
The photo was taken last year by me on the occasion of Karthigai Deepam, which is a festival celebrated in the month of November-December on the full moon and alike Deepavali, Karthigai Deepam is also called as Festival of Lights.

15 comments:

  1. lovely snap Jeevan..and my wishes!

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  2. Lovely picture...very beautiful.

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  3. beautiful pic... and the lines..simple yet crisp!

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  4. nice picture and wonderful poem. God bless.

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  5. wow... lovely words buddy... i like d snap very much.. its very lively...

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  6. Nice poem, Jeevan. You have written it very well.

    Came here through Rakesh's blog and found your writing very interesting.

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  7. Very well written, Jeevan..... which is the case, always.

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  8. Anonymous2:47 am

    Beautiful post, Jeevan. The lines (I particularly liked the first "stanza") go very well with the lovely picture.

    I hope you had a good kaarthigai deepam :)

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  9. Beautiful poem and photo.

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  10. Anonymous4:57 am

    What lovely words and photo.

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  11. Lovely picture :) a nice read :)

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  12. Thank thou all so much for thy appreciation. We had a wonderful Karthigai Deepam lit around the home, but i couldn't capture any photos for u this time since it wasn't back from mending.

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  13. Nice snap & the words...hope you are having lovely celebrations and wishing you & your family a very happy karthigai deepam!

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  14. Very beautiful picture and each and every word of the poem is superb.

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