Karthikai Month is consider a special months for Hindus mid-November to mid-December according to Tamil calender.A month of Joy after the Shasti fasting and a month that mark the wearing of rosary (mala) for Lord Ayyapa for the Sabari Mala pilgrimage. Karthikai festival is observed in every home and every temple. This occurs on the day when the moon is in conjunction with the constellation Karthigai (Pleiades) and purnima. This constellation appears as a group of six stars in the firmament in the shape of a pendant from the ear.
Many legends and lyrical poetry have grown round this star. The six stars are considered in Indian mythology as the six celestial nymphs who reared the six babies in the saravana tank which later were joined together to form the six faced Muruga.
