{"id":978,"date":"2015-11-30T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/?p=978"},"modified":"2015-11-30T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T09:26:05","slug":"glowing-lamps-thrikkartika-deepam-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/978","title":{"rendered":"Glowing Lamps: Thrikkartika Deepam Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kartika Deepam is a typical festival of lights celebrated in South India.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-979 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2015\/11\/WP_20151125_047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with Amma\u2019s birthstar, Kartika, the festival was brought in with reverence and devotion at M.A.Math, Mumbai on Wednesday, 25th November. A Mahamrityunjaya Homam along with the Vilakku Puja was performed, which was well-attended by scores of devotees from all parts of the city. Glowing lamps lit all around the Ashram and the Brahmasthanam added beauty to the surroundings.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-980 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2015\/11\/WP_20151125_038-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Homam commenced at 5.30 pm, with the chanting of the Guru Stotram, Ashtottharam and Shiva Ashtottharam. A few bhajans in praise of Lord Shiva complemented the serenity of the atmosphere. The Homam concluded with the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram and the Maha Arati.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-981 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/files\/2015\/11\/WP_20151125_022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kartika Deepam is a typical festival of lights celebrated in South India. Coinciding with Amma\u2019s birthstar, Kartika, the festival was brought in with reverence and devotion at M.A.Math, Mumbai on Wednesday, 25th November. A Mahamrityunjaya Homam along with the Vilakku Puja was performed, which was well-attended by scores of devotees from all parts of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amma.org.in\/mumbai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}