I had a good sleep, no jetlag at all. After having breakfast, we were driven to the conference room, which inside the campus of the Smt Kasturbai Watchand College. We spent the whole day. My lecture was in the afternoon, which actually went out successful.
This how the Karitika Poornima festival celebrated!
I also tried my wish and placed a light on the river with one of my colleague!
At the end we came to our hotel. Later I picked up by a college faculty member and took me to the festival, know as Karitika Pornima (Kartika Purnima). It is a Hindu and Jain holy festival, celebrated on the Purnima (full moon) day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartika (November-December). It is also known as Tripuri Poornima and Tripurari Poornima. On that day people went to the nearby river shore and light a candle, put it on aluminum paper (traditionally it was on the banana leaf) and make a wish and place the candle on the river. I was also asked to place one on the river, but did not make any wishes. It was a great experience for me to see such colorful festival.
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