1. DIWALI 2012

2. DIWALI- A FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

4. IT IS CELEBRATED BECAUSE-
1- THE VICTORY OF LORD RAM AFTER VANQUISHING RAVAN AND
CONQUERING LANKA
2- GODESS LAKSHMI’S BIRTHDAY
3- VISHNU RESCUED LAKSHMI FROM THE PRISON OF KING BALI
4- KRISHNA KILLED NARAKASUR
5- THE RETURN OF THE PANDAVAS FROM 12 YEARS OF
BANISHMANT FROM KAURAVAS
6- CORONATION OF VIKRAMADITYA
7- MAHARSHI DAYANAND ATTAINED HIS NIRVANA
8- MAHAVIR TIRTHANKAR ATTAINED HIS NIRVANA
9- DIWALI WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED AS A RED LETTER DAY BY
THE 3RD GURU OF SIKHS AS RED LETTER DAY WHEN ALL SIKHS
WOULD GATHER TO RECEIVE THE GURUS BLESSINGS
10- THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE GOLDEN TEMPLE AT
AMRITSAR WAS LAID ON DIWALI

5. GODESS LAKSHMI,
LORD GANESH
AND
GODESS SARASWATI
ARE PRAYED IN DIWALI.
LOTS OF
CLEANING IS DONE
FOR DIWALI.
THIS IS BECAUSE
GODESS LAKSHMI
ENTERS ONLY IN
CLEAN HOMES.

6. HOUSES ARE PAINTED
AND NEW SOFA COVERS
AND CURTAINS
ARE PURCHASED
FOR DIWALI.

9. ALL THE FUN
STARTS
WITH
THE FIRST DAY
CALLED
DHATERAS

10. THIRTEEN
DIYAS
ARE
LIT
ON
THIS
DAY.

11. DHANTERAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY
AUSPICIOUS FOR PURCHASING JEWELLERY
AND UTENSILS AND FOR NEW INVESTMENTS.
MOST PEOPLE COMPLETE THEIR DIWALI SHOPPING
ON THIS DAY.

12. THE SECOND DAY IS CALLED THE NARAK
CHATURDASI OR CHHOTI DIWALI.
ON THIS DAY,LORD KRISHNA
DESTROYED THE DEMON NARAKASUR &
MADE THE WORLD FREE FROM FEAR.

14. THEN COMES
THE MAIN DAY
CALLED THE
LAKSHMI POOJA DAY
OR
BADI DIWALI.
SEVERAL DIYAS ARE LIT ON THIS DAY AND NO ROOM
IS KEPT IN DARK THIS DAY.ONE DIYA IS KEPT IN
EVERY ROOM.

15. HOUSES ARE DECORATED
WITH DIYAS AND LIGHTS

17. LAKSHMI POOJA IS DONE ON THE MAIN DAY.
POOJA IS DONE IN HOMES AS WELL AS AT THE PLACE
OF WORK LIKE OFFICES,SHOPS,ETC.
GODESS LAKSHMI IS THE GODESS OF WEALTH AND SO
SHE GIVES MONEY.

18. THEN COMES THE DIWALI
EVENING FULL OF LIGHTS AND
CRACKERS.

19. EVERYONE WISHES EACH OTHER
‘HAPPY DIWALI’
AND HENCE
THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
ENDS IN THIS WAY
WITH A LOT OF HAPPINESS.

20. HAPPY DIWALI