Diwali : Here's How India is Celebrating This Year!
The festival of lights, Diwali, is arguably India’s biggest religious celebration, when homes, institutions and entire neighbourhoods are decorated with candles, earthen lamps and fairy lights on this auspicious moonless night. In urban India, Diwali has come to be associated with weeks of card parties that culminate in a grand evening of firecrackers, on the main day of the festival. A homogeneous culture has set in with the modern youth that sees the festival as a time for exuberance and conspicuous consumption.
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Lord Rama's home Ayodhya now lies in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the Festival of Lights is one of the most widely and enthusiastically celebrated festivals. In Varanasi specially, Diwali is an elaborate affair, with the special evening Ganga Aarti, which lights up the entire Ganga with the thousands of earthen lamps which float over the surface. As the evening is brought on by chants from priests, people welcome Diwali by lighting firecrackers and lighting up their homes with diyas. It is truly an experience to celebrate Diwali in the largest state of India!
It is said that Lord Rama stayed in Panchvati for the major part of his 14-year exile. That place is now close to Nasik, in the state of Maharashtra. The mythological connection aside, Maharashtra celebrates Diwali with great vigour. On Diwali day, Lakshmi-pujan is celebrated on the Diwali evening, where it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi visits the households, bringing with her lots of wealth and prosperity. Mouth-watering delicacies like chakali, shankar-pale, anarse, kadaboli, karanji, shev, and more are served during Diwali, and Marathis hang 'Akash-dive' outside, to light up their homes.
In Kolkata, and the rest of the state of West Bengal, this day is referred to as ‘Kali Puja’. An avatar of goddess Durga, Kali is much revered among Bengalis for her formidable presence. Devotees and tantric practitioners alike worship her. People congregate at neighbourhood venues late into the evening, usually to feast on a sacrificial goat. Thereafter, the prayers and rituals commence and carry on late into the night. Homes are adorned with traditional rangoli made with powdered rice and diyas. Firecrackers are burst to welcome the goddess who is an embodiment of a dark and dynamic feminine force.
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Lord Rama's home Ayodhya now lies in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the Festival of Lights is one of the most widely and enthusiastically celebrated festivals. In Varanasi specially, Diwali is an elaborate affair, with the special evening Ganga Aarti, which lights up the entire Ganga with the thousands of earthen lamps which float over the surface. As the evening is brought on by chants from priests, people welcome Diwali by lighting firecrackers and lighting up their homes with diyas. It is truly an experience to celebrate Diwali in the largest state of India!
It is said that Lord Rama stayed in Panchvati for the major part of his 14-year exile. That place is now close to Nasik, in the state of Maharashtra. The mythological connection aside, Maharashtra celebrates Diwali with great vigour. On Diwali day, Lakshmi-pujan is celebrated on the Diwali evening, where it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi visits the households, bringing with her lots of wealth and prosperity. Mouth-watering delicacies like chakali, shankar-pale, anarse, kadaboli, karanji, shev, and more are served during Diwali, and Marathis hang 'Akash-dive' outside, to light up their homes.
In Kolkata, and the rest of the state of West Bengal, this day is referred to as ‘Kali Puja’. An avatar of goddess Durga, Kali is much revered among Bengalis for her formidable presence. Devotees and tantric practitioners alike worship her. People congregate at neighbourhood venues late into the evening, usually to feast on a sacrificial goat. Thereafter, the prayers and rituals commence and carry on late into the night. Homes are adorned with traditional rangoli made with powdered rice and diyas. Firecrackers are burst to welcome the goddess who is an embodiment of a dark and dynamic feminine force.
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