The Pleaides or the Seven Sisters of Western Astronomy, known in the Indian as
the constellation of Karthika.
the constellation of Karthika.
The Pleiades or Karthka is presided by
Agni or Fire, according to Indian tradition.
The Sun’s transit of
the Pleiades, Karthika Njattuvela, is a season of extreme heat. Does not the
birth of Subramanya, have something to say about the Pleiades as a heat
generating group of stars, now confirmed by modern discoveries ?