ML, thank you for making us aware of another "Festival of Lights" as celebrated in Hindu's as karthikai deepam.    Because o carries a hanuman (hindu god) in his pocket, I decided to look at this hindu festival.   So many truths from our God are "copycatted" with lies mixed in by the devil.  This appears to be an example of that: taking the lights of Hannukah and turning them into something they aren't.

I looked "karthikai deepam" up on Google and learned that one way it is celebrated in India is by traveling to an important temple Tiruvannamalai, in a town called Tamil Nadu, which apparently means "fire" and is the place where the lord shiva (whom I learned is one of 3 godheads of the Hindu trinity!)  is worshipped.    http://www.thiruvannamalai.in/   The largest of the 9 monumental towers there in Tamil Nadu is 66 meters tall, built of 13 tiers!   What's the chance of those numbers showing up in a false god temple!!!!???

(BTW, shiva is the god of death and destruction, also known as "the destroyer".   And get this: hanuman, the monkey god charm o carries in his pocket, is believed by some Hindu's to be the 11th incarnation of lord shiva!   Some "branches" of hinduism believe that the final incarnation of shiva/hanuman will be the end time apocalyptic figure called kalki, who will appear riding on a horse, brandishing a sword!   Also, interestingly enough, Jewish  people sit "shiva" after the death of a loved one, developed from Gen 50: 1-14, which tells us of Joseph sitting in mourning for seven days after the death of .  Shiva in Hebrew means seven).

Anyway, I decided to find out when the last light of this fake festival was lit last year, 2011, in India.   It was on Dec 8, THE VERY SAME DATE O LIT THE ENTIRE MENORAH IN THE WHITE HOUSE, many days before the actual date of Hanukkah!

I ask you: Coincidence????   At least creepy.....................

Dee