About Diwali
Rationale Behind Celebrations Lord Rama is one of the most prominent Gods for Hindu. The festival of Diwali glorifies the much awaited return of Lord Rama from his exile of fourteen years. This day marked the return of the king of Ayodhya, Rama after defeating evil demon Ravana. During his exile to forest, he was accompanied by his wife, Sita and younger brother Laxmana. when Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, the king of Lanka, a fierce battle started between Lord Rama and Ravana. After defeating Ravana, it was time for Rama to return back to Ayodhya. Diwali marks his victorious return to his kingdom along with Hanuman, the Vanar who helped him in achieving success.
Goddess Lakshmi
Another widely accepted and religiously followed version is worship of Mahalakshmi /Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune. This may have certain semblance in the origin of harvest festivals in ancient times when agriculture was the source of wealth and fertility depended on uncertain weather conditions.
Celebrations
In today's modern world, the festival of lights is taken as a reaffirmation of hope, a renewed commitment to friendship and goodwill. Diwali festival is a time for thoroughly spring-cleaning the home and for wearing new clothes and most importantly, decorating the home with fancy lights. Small oil lamps, also called diyas are placed around the home, on the walls built around the home and also on the roof tops. The traditional celebration also include gifting sweets and explosion of fires.
Diwali Festival
Diwali festival is a special occasion when every family will be cleaning their home thoroughly; preparing for their elaborate rangolis, planning the special dish and for their visit to temple, friend and relatives. Diwali has evolved into a community festival where people attain a chance to socialize at a large scale and take out few joyous moment from their busy schedule. Shopping for Diwali starts a fortnight before the festival beckons. It's a shoppers time as they never have purchases so good. Almost every shopkeeper has an attractive discount offer on clothes, sweets and crackers to woo customers.
The Five Days Of Diwali
The celebration of the Diwali festival stretches for five days. On the first day of Dhanteras, people buy new utensils ; on second day of Chaturdashi or Chhoti Diwali, devotees take bath before sunrise as it is considered auspicious; on third day of Diwali, Lakshmi puja is performed to propitiate the goddess of wealth to fulfill one's wishes for prosperity; fourth day commence the Govardhan puja, on this day their is worship of cows; and, on the fifth comes Bhai Dooj when brothers visit their sisters. Its origin is traced to the Puranic incident of Yama visiting Yamuna.
Significance Of Diwali
Diwali, or Deepawali, literally means rows of diyas (clay lamps). It also marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year and Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god, is worshiped. It is considered a positive time for shopping, starting new ventures, business deals and house warming. On this day, doorways are lit up and decorated with Rangoli or traditional patterns to welcome the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. The festival is a symbolic representation of the lifting of spiritual darkness.
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