Diwali the festival of light

Festivals are to human life what an oasis is to a desert. If there were no festivals, our life would be a long disease without a cure. Cares and worries would sap the very vitality of life. Fortunately India is a land of festivals. Their fun, gallery and rejoicings keep her people happy, fresh and young. But of all the Hindu festival dipawali is perhaps the gayest and brightest one.

The time and cause of its celebration-

Dipawali “The festival of lights” is celebrated in October/November every year when the world is cool, green and fresh. It commemorates the return of Rama to Ayodhya, after 14 y ears of exile. It is said when sweet Rama stepped in the city the people of Ayoudhya went mad with transports of joy and they welcomed him with most jubilant acclamation. the day passed in colorful pageant and at night myriad lights glimmered and turned night into day. Ever since Depawali has come down to us the happiest festival.  

Depawali as the festival of cleanliness-

Dipawali is also a festival of cleanliness. All sections of the Hindu community observe it by repairing.white washing or hung coating therir homes. The collected rubbish is thrown out of the village skirts. The Hindus believe that the goddess of walth would not enter their homes if they were kept unclean. So they make their houses a fit place for the goddess by decorating it with pictures, festoons and buntings.

The actual celebration-

Dipawali is actually a festival of light and joy, fairs and feast thrills and excitement. It consists of three days. On the first day people buy shinning new utensils from the colorfully decorated dazzling markets. On the second day they worship the goddess laxmi, illuminate their homes, brighten the sky with fire works, gamble with new coins and indulge in various other gay activities. Dipawali ends with worshipping Shri Saraswati the goddess of learning.

Its celebration in various parts of the country-

Dipawali night is the happiest occasion all over India. The golden temple at Amritsar is famous f for its fire work. People begging collecting in the day on account of the rush to see fire work at night, shooting starts, Chakras and various items are displayed in thrilling excitement. Some time a single item continues for fifteen minutes. Similarly Almora lit with lams becomes a circle of stars. The modern inventions like colored twinkling bulbs give still more pleasing figure to the joy of the big towns in India.

Thus every year comes Dipawali , our national holiday giving sweet smiles to the lips of our liver, making people forget their worries and injecting new hope and vigor for future. India is happier for it. All else maters little.