Panchasahasra Deepalankarana on Kartika Pournami at Dharmapuri Temple in Karimnagar District in Telangana
Panchasahasra Deepalankarana is the lighting of 5000 lamps
on the steps of the holy pond in the Sri
Lakshmi Narasimha
Swamy Temple
at Dharmapuri in Karimnagar District in Telangana. The lamps are lit on the Kartika
Pournami day.
Thousands of women from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu participate in this unique
event.
It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi and Chandra, the moon god,
appeared on the day during the Samdura Manthan or churning of ocean performed
by Devas and Asuras.
Read more about Kartika Pournami here.