Festival Karthikai

Lamps at the door steps speak 'Behold, the Lord's born of sparklings We're lit with enlightened spark Sextet babes to Pleiades, the six celestial maids Embraced to make one charming and unique To dwell on hills and hillocks Karthikeyan, He vanquishes the demons Father Shiva whilst refuges the crescent His love for Rohini spurning other twenty wives Moon hurts Dhakshan himself cursed to get hurt Waning-fear unto the Lord's feet surrenders Rescued moon on Shiva's locks shimmers Brahma and Vishnu then on a conflict Who the great their fight much irksome Unto the Lord's feet they resort Huge unending fire-mast grows Shiva awesome Declared winner, whoever finds Shiva's head and feet Swan-Brahma, boar-Vishnu however on defeat mirksome In conjunction moon and pleiades glittering Whilst Shiva sets out for another venture Demon of Tripura on trouble-making Intolerable that Shiva to show His gesture Just a swish, slash.. on ground lying Crumbled Tripura and the demon.. Shiva's adventure' Thus speak the lamps and speak on 'Aglow, ardent we're streetful Of mud and brass and silver, functional combination Awaiting a fire aghast baleful Bale of palm temple-Lord to burn Symbolised element is then fire truthful Rice and jaggery and fruits then the oblation Testimony, Moon and Krithika in the month Karthikai zestful' Note: Pleiades-A conspicuous cluster of stars in the constellationTaurus that includes six stars in the form of a very small dipper