2. Deepavali is the biggest and
brightest festival of all Hindu
festivals. Deepavali is one of the
lavishly and most celebrated
festivals in India that is marked by
lights and fireworks everywhere.
3. People share sweets and gifts in
this day and also exchange warm
greetings to express their love and
gratitude to their close dear ones.
4. The festival epitomizes splendor
and mirth with the lightning of
diyas and lanterns and bursting of
crackers that shun the darkness
around and makes way for
dawning of success and
prosperity.
5. The festival of dates of deepavali
has certain history and
significance that should be known
by each and every Indian.
6. The festival has certain historical
and spiritual significance and
people worship Goddess Lakshmi
on the auspicious day.
We hereby flourish you with the
history and significance of
Deepavali or Deepavali.
8. History of Deepavali festival was
tracked back from the ancient
India at that time it is celebrated
as an important harvest festival.
Diwali is derived from the
Sanskrit word “Deepavali” means
“Rows of Lamps”.
9. Deepavali (Divali, Dipawali,
Deepavali, Dipabali) is a very
ancient festival of physical and
spiritual light celebrated on 15th
day “New Moon Day” of the Hindu
month of Kartika.
10. The Padma Purana & Skanda
Purana has mentioned the
significance of Deepavali as a
festival of lights and therefore
lamps and diyas are lightened
during this festival.
11. The history and significance
(spiritual) of Deepavali has
different stories in different
religions. In Hinduism, it mainly
honors the return of Lord Rama,
Goddess Sita and Lord
Lakshmana from their exile
according to the epic Ramayana.
12. It also marks the historical
significance of the victory of Lord
Rama over demon king Ravana.
Some Hindus celebrate the return
of pandavas from their 12 years of
exile and 1 year of agyatavas
according to the epic
Mahabharata.
13. Based on the history and
significance of the festival of
Deepavali people worship
different deities according to their
religion.
In West Bengal goddess Kali is
deified and the festival is
celebrated as Kali Puja.
14. In Jainism Lord Mahavira is
worshipped while Sikhs celebrate
this festival as Bandi Choorh
Divas as it marks the day when
Guru Har Gobind Ji freed Hindu
rulers and himself from Gwalior.
15.
16. Mughal emperor Jahangir and
arrived at the sacred Golden
temple of Amritsar.
In all these religion the
significance of diwali date is
different and all these people
celebrates Deepavali according to
the history.
17. Well this is the History of the
festival of the light Diwali.
We as a Indian must aware about
the history and significance of the
biggest festival of India.
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