Significance of Diwali

Diwali is one of the happiest holidays of Nepal and India with significant preparations. People clean their houses and decorate them for the holidays. Diwali is one of the largest commercial stations in Nepal and India; people buy new for them and their families clothing and gifts, appliances, cookware, even expensive items such as cars and gold jewelry.People also buy gifts for family and friends who often include sweets, dried fruits and specialties seasonal depending on the crop and regional customs. It is also the period when children hear old stories, legends, myths about the battles between good and evil or light and darkness of their parents and elders. Girls and women go shopping and create rangoli and other creative patterns on the floors near doors and hallways. Young and old alike help with lighting and preparation for Pataka (fireworks).
There is significant variation in regional practices and rituals. Depending on the region, prayers are offered before one or more deities, with the most common Lakshmi - the goddess of wealth and prosperity. On the night of Diwali, fireworks light up the sky neighborhood. Later, relatives and friends celebrate the evening guests about food and sweets.

Spiritual Meaning

Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and mark different historical events, stories or myths, but they all symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, hope over despair. [

Yoga, Vedanta and Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy share the belief that there is something beyond the physical body and the mind is pure, infinite and eternal, called the Atman. The celebration of Independence Day as the "victory of good over evil" refers to the light of higher knowledge which dispels all ignorance, ignorance that masks his true nature, not as the body but as the unchanging reality, infinite immanent and transcendent. With this awakening comes compassion and awareness of the unity of all things, and knowledge than ignorance. Diwali is the celebration of this inner light of spiritual darkness, knowledge over ignorance, right over wrong, good over evil.

Hinduism

The religious significance of Diwali in India varies regionally, depending on the school of Hindu philosophy, regional myths, legends and beliefs.

Honoring Diwali Many see the return of Lord Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana exile of 14 years, as told in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana. For some, Diwali marks the return of Pandavas after 12 years out agyatvas vanvas and the other ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata year. Diwali many Hindus believe is linked to the celebration of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, and the wife of the god Vishnu. The five-day festival of Diwali begins the day Lakshmi was born from the churning of the cosmic ocean of milk by the gods and demons; . the night of Diwali is the day chosen Lakshmi Vishnu as her husband and then a married him] Along with Lakshmi, Ganesha devotees make offerings to the WHO ethical and symbolizes intrepid early removal of obstacles; WHO Saraswati symbolizes music, literature and learning; . WHO and Kubera symbolizes accounting, treasury and asset management Other Hindus believe Diwali is the day he came back to Vishnu Lakshmi and his abode in the Vaikuntha; so worship Lakshmi who receive the benefit of your good mood, and we are both blessed with mental, physical and material well-being over the next year.

Hindus in eastern India, as Odisha and West Bengal, the worship of the goddess Kali rather than Lakshmi, and call Kali Puja festival. In northern India Braj and central regions, the god Krishna is recognized. People make Mount Govardhan, and celebrated legends of Krishna. In other regions, the feast of Govardhan Puja (or Annakoot) is held, with 56 or 108 different dishes prepared, offered to Krishna, then a shared and celebrated by the local community.

In some parts of northern and western India, Diwali festival marks the beginning of a new Hindu year.

Diwali Etymology and History

Etymology
Diwali is derived from the Sanskrit word Deepavali merger, formed from dīpa ("light" or "lamp") and āvalī ("series, line, row"). Deepavali Deepavali or both meant a "line" or "number of lights". Its celebration includes millions of lights that shine on the tops of houses, exterior doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries in which it is observed.

Diwali (English pronunciation: / dɨwɑːliː /) s variously called and written / spoken in various languages of India: 'Deepavali' (Hate), 'Deepavali' (Bengali), 'Deepavali' (Assamese: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and telugu), 'Diwali' (Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Punjabi, 'Diyari' (Sindhi, and 'Tihar' (Nepali).

History
Diwali goes back to ancient India, as one party After the summer harvest in the Hindu calendar month of Kartika. The Festival is mentioned in the Sanskrit scriptures As the Padma Purana, Skanda Purana both completely in the second half of the first millennium was, but believes that have expanded UN basic text of an earlier era. The diyas (lamps) are mentioned in Skanda Purana paragraph contradictory symbolically represent the sun, the giver of Cosmic Light and Power for Life, transitions station in the Hindu calendar month of Kartik. Hindus in some regions of India Diwali Associated with the legend of Yama and Nachiketa in Kartika amavasya (Diwali night) The story Nachiketa look on evil, Transient Wealth to Real Wealth Front, Front ignorance Knowledge register with Katha Upanishad Composed in the first millennium BC.

King Harsha in the seventh century Sanskrit play Nagananda Deepapratipadutsava As mentioned Diwali, where the lamps were lit and newly engaged brides and grooms were given gifts. As regards Dipamalika Rajasekhara Diwali in Kavyamimamsa Do ninth century, in the tradition of the ARE whitewashed houses and oil lamps that decorate the houses, streets and night markets mentioned. The Persian traveler and historian Al Biruni, in his memoir of the 11th century in India, wrote Diwali celebrations by Hindus in New Moon day of Kartika.