Festival Of Light

India is a great country known as the land of festival. The most favourite festival is Diwali. Which come after 20 days the festival of “Dashara” in the month of “Kartik”. On this day Lord Ram came to the kingdom after 14 year from “Vanbas” after deafting Ravan. So people of Ayodhya welcome with diyas and decorated the whole kingdom with Diyas, candles and bursting crackers.

Diwali is known as the festival of light and Diwali is most important annual festival of Hindu. Diwali is celebrated continuous five days, first day is celebrated as “Dhanteras” and second day is celebrated as “Choti Diwali”. Third day is celebrated as “Diwali” fourth day is celebrated as “Govardhan” pooja and last day is celebrated as “Bhai Duj”. People worship Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kuber on this festival. People making sweets and dishes, greeting cards, rangoli with tiny footprints of Goddess Lakshmi, bursting crackers, giving gift and playing gambling on this festival. On this day Lanka‘s king Ravan killed by Ram, in order to save the earth from bad evil. People clean house, office, shops to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kuber and decorated their houses with lighting diyas, candle and bursting crackers.

It is common belief of people that buying new things and idol of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi to bring home. People buy new clothes, gift, sweets, decorative things, firecrackers, diyas and candles; children buy toys, sweets and crackers from the market. Goddess Lakshmi pooja is done in the evening people decorated their houses with diyas and candle, wear new clothes and then start pooja, after pooja they start Aarati to get blessing of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha, after Aarati they distribute Prasad and share gift to each other. They pray to god and goddesses for the happy life, in the last people burst crackers and play games.

All people celebrate festival together with their family, friends and relatives as nearest and dearest ones. People celebrate Diwali by sharing gifts, sweets, greeting cards and best wishes. People enjoy lots of activities by making rangoli in front the door, bursting cracker, playing games and many more. People offer pooja to the Goddess Lakshmi to get blessing for the wealth, and Lord Ganesha to get more blessing for wisdom. Diwali festival is celebrated all nooks and corners of our country. The festival teaches us many values of life, drive away bad evil, darkness in our life. The rich and poor people celebrate it with great pomp and show. The festival was celebrated first time, when lord Rama, goddess Sita and lord Lakshman came Ayodhya after 14 years from “Vanbas”. Every people look happy on the day of Diwali and they enjoy together. The sky is full of lights, it looks so beautiful and lights drive away the darkness. Diwali is best festival of Hindu, the festival of diwali is celebrated whole country.

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