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Diwali

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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