This day is considered to be celebrated as Diwali. According to the #Ganda Purana, Shakti's 21-day #Ketarakauri fast ended on this. After the fast was over, Shiva assumed Shakti as one half of himself and took the form of #Arthanareeswarar.
#Deepavali or Diwali is a festival celebrated for five days. It is one of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Sikhism, China and Buddhism. This festival is celebrated in many countries including India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. In some places it is celebrated on different days. Diwali is celebrated as a festival that removes the darkness of life and gives light.
The festival is celebrated in the month of #Aippasi on the days of #Dryodasi, #Chaturdasi, #Amavasai and the subsequent days of #Sukkilapradamai and #Bau #Peechu# In some years in Tamil Nadu, #Aipasi #Amavasi is celebrated on #Naraka #Chaturthasi the day before. Diwali is celebrated on the new moon day of #Aipasi month in most of the years. According to the Gregorian calendar, Diwali falls between October 17th and November 15th.
A public holiday has been declared in countries like India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia and PC. Not only Hindus #but also Sikhs and Jains celebrate this festival for different reasons. Indians living in Malaysia and #Singai also celebrate Diwali with gusto.
Diwali in Hinduism
Many reasons for celebrating Diwali are given through mythological stories.
When Rama returned to the country after fourteen years of exile, people lit lamps and welcomed him.
According to legend, when #Thirumal took the form of a #Varaha (wild boar) a son was born to one of his two wives, #Nilama #Bhumadevi#, named #Bauman#. #Bauman means strong or strong. Later he ruled the country of #Praxothisa in present day Assam. Then he did severe penance to Brahman that no one should cause him to die.
Then Brahma who appeared in front of him asked what boon he wanted, he asked for a boon that I should not die under any circumstances, then Brahma said that all the lives born in this world will die one day. Then Narakasura took a boon that only my mother would die.
Then he became a monster from a human being, hence he got the name Narakasura. #Narakasura is an abbreviation of #Nara#+man #suran #asura#
He stole the ear-rings of #Aditi, who was considered the mother of the gods, and imprisoned many women and tormented them. At that time he had taken incarnation as #Tirumal before #Kritinar# #avatara.
Praying for an end to his injustices, #Kritinar incarnates one of his wives, #Satyabhama #Bhumadevi.
#Kritinar, who went with him and tried in many ways to destroy Narakasura, dressed up his wife Satyabhama as a princess and performed a dance before Narakasura.
In #it #Bharatkrishna in a beautiful disguise whips #Satyabama and makes a slave dance.
At the end of this dance, even though Narakasura is afraid of his imminent death, Narakasura sees an arrow, #This day is considered to be celebrated as Diwali. According to the #Ganda Purana, Shakti's 21-day #Ketarakauri fast ended on this. After the fast was over, Shiva assumed Shakti as one half of himself and took the form of #Arthanareeswarar.
#Deepavali or Diwali is a festival celebrated for five days. It is one of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Sikhism, China and Buddhism. This festival is celebrated in many countries including India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. In some places it is celebrated on different days. Diwali is celebrated as a festival that removes the darkness of life and gives light.
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