Sunday 12 October 2014

This Diwali, let make a new beginning.

Nowadays the whole of the India has been clad in the festive atmosphere with brotherhood, peace and love prevalent in the whole of the air and the fragrance of festivals and sweets rife everywhere. Still now understood why? Diwali, India’s biggest festival is approaching faster and faster.


Diwali is India’s most charming and wonderful festival which is a melody for all the people around the nation. Diwali is a festival which inspires Indians around the globe to again make a new beginning, to forget the past failures and to against invite the Goddess of money Goddess Laxmi and the Lord of prosperity Lord Ganesh to our homes and therefore this festival means a lot to everyone.


Diwali’s origin from two Sanskrit words Deepa(lamps) and avail(row) meaning rows of lamps or light. This festival is celebrated not only in India but also in Singapore, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname and Malaysia.
Diwali is a festival of light signifying the victory of good over evil, hope over despair, happiness over sadness, knowledge over ignorance and light over darkness. Diwali encourages us to again make a new commencement, to forget the nightmares of the past but to heed to the lessons of failure and therefore start a new beginning in itself which would go on to be prosperous, helpful to others and all in all wonderful.


Diwali dates back to ancient times in India, as a festival after the summer harvest in the Hindu calendar month of Karthikai. The festival is mentioned in Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana, and other Sanskrit Hindu scriptures; the divas (lamps) are mentioned in Skanda Purana to symbolically represent parts of sun, the cosmic giver of light and energy to all life, who seasonally transitions in the Hindu calendar month of Kartik.


According to Hindu mythology, this festival is one of the most pious and remarkable of all the celebrations of the Hindu calendar because on the auspicious day of Diwali, Shri Ram, one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu, came back to Ayodhya. According to Ramayana, Lord Ram, after defeating Ravana, king of Sri Lanka, and after completing his 14-year old exile, came back to his kingdom with Goddess Sita and Lord Hanuman. As the day of his return coincided with one of the darkest days of the year of new moon night of the unisolar month of Kartik, elated people of Ayodhya lit up lamps everywhere in the city of Ayodhya to nullify the darkness and to celebrate the homecoming of Shri Ram thereby signifying that no matter how much is the magnitude of darkness, despair, ignorance, calamities, lord is always there with us to devastate its effect, we just need to be calm and happy at all times and to keep in mind that “God helps those who help themselves”.


Diwali is celebrated over a period of five days. Dhanteras pioneers the beginning of the festival of Diwali. This day celebrates the churning of ocean and the birth of Goddess Laxmi and therefore on this day houses and offices are cleaned, decorated and renovated and in addition to that gold and silver articles and bought and Laxmi Puja is done in the evening.


The next day is Naraka Chaturdashi. On this day houses are decorated with floral designs on floors known as “Rangoli” and sweets are prepares to be sent to neighbourhood and relatives.
The third day is the paramount day of celebration also known as Diwali which marks the homecoming of Lord Ram. It is believed that on this day, Goddess Laxmi come on earth to fill the houses of people with prosperity and happiness and people also perform Laxmi Puja on this day to thank the goddess for the all the things they possess and asks the Goddess to remove all the hindrances in their path to success. Afterwards people go out, light lamps and burn crackers to celebrate this great day.


The fourth day is Padwa which is a special day for the married couples. On this day husbands give gifts to their respective spouses and this day is considered very pious for the married couples.
On this day Govardhan Pooja is also done to mark the event when Lord Krishan rose up the whole of Govardhan Mountain on his little finger to save the people of his homeland Gokul from excessive downpour.


The fifth and the last day is one of the most important days of Diwali which marks the loving and wonderful relationship between brother and sister involving gifts sharing, food sharing etc. to mark the humongous significance of this important day.


In this way Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated in India. This year, go out and celebrate Diwali with your friends, family and relatives and make a new beginning and also take a vow that you would never look back and would move on to do something large, to do something great.

JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI



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