Monday, July 5, 2010

Deepavali Festival

Deepavali Festival

Deepavali is the festival of light which is celebrated across India. During this festival whole house is lightened up with burning of diyas and lightning. At the entrance of every Hindu house, you will see designer rangoli which is made of colorful powders. There are many stories related to Deepavali festival, but at the end the the reason is it’s celebrated to enlighten the home.
According to the mythology, the reason behind the celebration of Deepavali is the return of Lord Rama after the exile of 14 yrs and killing Ravan. For the people of Jainism it’s the attainment of nirvana by Lord Mahavira.

The celebration takes place for 4 days, where each day has its own story and special day. Among this day is, ‘Dhan teras”, where Dhan means wealth, teras means 13th day. This day is considered as the most auspicious day to buy gold or new home. There are also some other astrological reason for this.

Deepavali festival has its own spiritual meaning which means enlighten of inner light. There are many occasion that take place during this festival. There are also various other puja’s are held during this festival:

Lakshmi Puja:  Laxmi Puja is considered as the most important day as people pray for wealth and prosperity.

Gowardhan Puja:  It is the day when Krishna defeated Indra. Lord Krishna taught people to perform good deed and to be faithful and hard worker.

Deepavali is known as the biggest festival in India.  Relatives, friends come together to wish each other ‘A Happy Diwali”. People enjoy this festival for days with burning crackers exchanging sweets to display their love to each other.


In this occasion, many new business people set up their new business thinking of being the most auspicious period to carry out the business.

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