Diwali
What is Diwali?
Diwali is a festival that is highly popular as "Deepavali" in India. This festival is not only celebrating for the enjoyment purpose, but it has traditional medicinal values. There are many food items prepared at this festival, and most of them are everyone's favorite. There is a reason behind preparing such food. We all know the food preparation on Diwali is mostly oily and heavy food; there is an important significance behind it.
Significance of Diwali.
Diwali is a cultural program that means it has to be beneficial for humans. On Diwali, we glow candles and lights to make the streets bright. As we all know, Diwali comes in winters, the diseases causing insects to arrive on such days to kill them; we glow such candles and oil lamps. But basically, Diwali is celebrated to show that the victory over evils.
The food helps us survive during winter; the food prepared in Diwali is heavy and satisfies our body requirements needed in winter.
Before Diwali, we clean our houses and remove the insect-causing bacteria from our houses. Because we believe that during Diwali, God and Goddess come to our home, and they bless us. Diwali is a festival of 5 days, and during these days, we also play with firecrackers to indicate victory and happiness. In most of the states, people worship Goddess Lakshmi and God Kuber on these days.
On Diwali, we buy new clothes, decorate our houses, and maintain the decoration for five days till the end of Diwali. This festival gives us a chance to meet with our friends and other people.
On Diwali, sweets are the most eating beverage; we believe that we indirectly spread happiness by giving sweets to others. Diwali gives jobs to many poor people, this festival is celebrated at a grand level, and because of this, the market values are increased, and labor got work. As we all know, many people live in India and belong to different religions, but they commonly celebrate Diwali. But different religions have different reasons to celebrate Diwali.
In the Hindu religion, people celebrate Diwali to show that Lord Rama has come back from exile. And at that time, the villagers celebrate that day as the grand day of the year. The Ayodhya village is glowing on this day. And all Hindu religion people maintain that glory till nowadays.
The Sikh religious people celebrate Diwali to indicate the freedom of the sixth Sikh Guru from the Mughal prison.
The Jain religion people celebrate Diwali to indicate the Mahaveer attend the final Liberation. And celebration is taking place on the same day.
And many other religious people celebrate Diwali on the same day.
What to do on Diwali?
On the day of Diwali, we firstly bath and wear new clothes. Then start decorating our house with natural ingredients like Mango tree leaves and Banana leaves. We believe that Mango tree leaves and Banana leaves are the purest ingredients. Make pylon of flower and tie it on doors and gates. After this, we arrange a "Pooja Vidhi" and worship Goddess Lakshmi and God Kuber. Then the special food is prepared and firstly given to God, and then we eat it. At night, we meet with our family members, friends, and neighbors to give them sweets and good wishes.
History of Diwali?
Diwali is celebrated as the welcome of Lord Rama in Hinduism.
Lord Rama is the sun of the king of Ayodhya, and he had three mothers and three siblings. They are happy with their family, and Lord Rama is the big brother of another three. So he needs to adopt the kingdom after his father. But his other mother's personal labor told her to make her child the upcoming king. So she said the king to make his son king, but he didn't obey. Then she said Rama to give one promise to go to exile for fourteen years. As Lord Rama is her son Rama obeys her order and goes into exile with his wife and another small brother. In these fourteen years, he faced many difficulties, and this time period is defined as "Ramayana epic." After coming back, he becomes able, and his mother knows her fault and makes lord Rama as king of Ayodhya.
All villagers celebrate that day as Diwali, and all Hinduism celebrate that day in remembrance of Lord Rama.
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