Karthikai Deepam

This is a festival celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the Tamil month called  Karthikai which falls on December or November end. This is even called as festival of lights or even Deepam(oil lamp) festival. It is believed by Hindu Tamilians that the birth of Lord Subramaniya(முருகன்) happened on this date. The lord Subramaniya or Murugan is primarily worshiped by Tamilians and also some parts of Malaysia, Sri lanka, China (Penang), Singapore and Mauritius. Even people believe the origin of Tamil language is after Lord Muruga's birth. Agal Velaku (Oil Lit Lamps) is placed in front of all houses and the entire streets will glow in lights. This is one of the very ancient festival been followed by Tamil people. This festival falls on a full moon day of Karthikai month, all the temples will have a special pooja on this auspicious day. There are also references in Sangam Tamil literature that this festival is celebrated during 200 BC. 

Birth of Lord Muruga: 

Lord Muruga is born from the flame of Lord Siva's third eye, the supreme power Siva who with his powers have given birth to Murugan. Murugan birth has a reason to kill a demon to save Indiran and others.

On Karthikai Deepam, Thiruvannamalai the place where Lord Shiva temple is there, on this day a huge fire lamp will be lit in top of the Tiruvannamalai hills which is visible to people in the town. This deepam is called as Mahabharanidheepam. Lots of devotees will visit this place on this day to see the deepam.

Farm Visit

After a very long time, I am now updating my farm with my recent visit to Trichy (Tiruchirappalli). I would say Trichy is a very big city and has all the qualities of the metro. I think it should be fourth largest city after Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore. I went to a farm which is very near to this place where they have cultivated more number of mango trees. I also found some neem trees and few other trees. It was my first experience visiting a very good farm house of this type. It is such a huge farm of around 200 acres of land and wide variety of plantation. I should thank my father for getting such a nice experience like this. I have seen so many new things like drip irrigation, vermicompost, dairy farm and also cattle breeding. We had spent around 4 hours in thefarm and have enjoyed a lot. Also, I have relaxed so much and good peace of mind. 

                                      Dairy and cattle breeding

                                          Vermiculture                            

                                          Drip irrigation

They have a solar fencing around the farm which will help trespassers and other animals which come inside the farm. This solar fencing will not harm but will give a mild shock. This drip irrigation is something will help save water and channel the water properly to all the plants cultivated. There will not be any wastage of water as well. The vermicompost is a method for composting using earthworm called as vermiculture. The organic matter which is used for plants as a Biofertilizer, this will help avoiding the chemical fertilizers which are not good for health.