Kartik Purnima Celebration

Kartika Purnima is a Hindu, Sikh and Jain cultural festival, celebrated on the Purnima (full moon) day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartik (November–December). It is also known as Tripuri Purnima and Tripurari Purnima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali or Deva-Deepawali, the festival of lights of the gods. Karthika Deepam is a related festival celebrated in South India and Sri Lanka on a different date.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartik_P...ma

For Odia( people from Odisha), this festival is reminiscent of its glorious trading past. Sadhaba pua ( Odia maritime sailors) sailed their boats to Java n Sumatra n traded our world famous tarakasi( arts made of fine silver wires), jewelry, rice etc.)

“Kartik Purnima, immediately before the full moon in October and November, was considered an especially auspicious occasion by the Sadhabas to begin their long voyages. Coconuts, earthenware, sandalwood, cloth, lime, rice, spices, salt, cloves, pumpkins, silk sarees, betel leaves, betel nuts, elephants, and precious and semi-precious stone

Odia navigators were instrumental in spreading Buddhism and Hinduism in East and Southeast Asia. In addition, they disseminated knowledge of Indian architecture, epics such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Indic writing and Sanskrit loan words in many Southeast Asian languages such as Khmer, Indonesian, and Tagalog." (Copied from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...ba).

People give offering to our dead ancestors too.

Out history is so glorious and sooo amazing that we should celebrate it, preserve it and should not ruin it.