Devotees take holy dip in rivers on Kartik Purnima; Varanasi ghats ready for Dev Deepawali

November 5, 2025 6:28 PM

Devotees take holy dip in rivers on Kartik Purnima; Varanasi ghats ready for Dev Deepawali

Devotees across the country gathered at rivers, lakes, and ghats on Wednesday to take holy dips and offer prayers on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima, one of the most sacred days in the Hindu calendar, marking the full moon of the Kartik month. The day is associated with devotion, charity, and the celebration of light, symbolising spiritual purity and the triumph of good over evil. Haridwar: Holy dip at Har Ki Pauri Thousands of devotees thronged Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar from the earl...

Preparations in full swing at Varanasi’s Ganga ghats for Dev Deepawali

November 4, 2025 12:10 PM

Preparations in full swing at Varanasi’s Ganga ghats for Dev Deepawali

Preparations are in full swing at the Ganga Ghats in Varanasi for Dev Deepawali, which will be celebrated on Wednesday, coinciding with Kartik Poornima. Sushant Mishra, organiser of the Ganga Maha Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat, said that the Ganga Seva Nidhi organises a grand Maha Aarti of Goddess Ganga once a year. “The Maha Aarti is performed by twenty-one Brahmins and forty-two dev kanayas. The ghat is being adorned with around twenty-one quintals of flower garlands, and fifty-one thousand l...