Today we are celebrating Diwali festival. Deepawali, the literal meaning of which in Sanskrit is a row of lamps. Filling little clay lamps with oil and lighting them in rows all over the house is a popular tradition.
Deepawali is a festival where people from all age groups participate. They give expression to their happiness by lighting earthen lamps, decorating the houses, bursting firecrackers and inviting near and dear ones to their households for participating in the feast.
Lakshmi-Puja is performed in the evenings. Devotional songs in praise of Goddess Laxmi are sung. Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped in every Hindu household. Houses and business premises are renovated and decorated. Entrances are made colorful with lovely traditional motifs of Rangoli designs to welcome Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. To indicate her long-awaited arrival, small footprints are drawn with rice flour and vermilion powder all over the houses. Lamps are kept burning all through the night. The traditional gifts like Lakshmi Ganesh coins, idols, puja thalis etc are quite popular on Diwali.
In the midst of today's busy lifestyle, Diwali gives an opportunity to pause and be grateful for what we have, to make special memories with family and friends, to laugh and enjoy what life offer us.Though the festival of Deepawali has undergone some changes, in due course of time, yet it has continued to be celebrated since the time immemorial. Every year, the festive season of Diwali comes back with all the excitement and merriment. Times may have undergone a sea change but customs and traditions remain the same.
With the evolution of the lifestyle,more and more technology has been included but the spirit of celebration remains the same. Earthen lamps may have been replaced with stunning electric illuminations, dress code may have changed, but the custom and tradition of performing puja has been carried very well through generations.
Diwali is such a wonderful festival, a time of giving and sharing, a time to catch up with people, in other words its time to catch up with the little joys that we keep overlooking for the remaining part of the year.
About Me
- vijay
- JABALPUR, 18, India
- The only thing I really wish to do with my life is to inspire someone. I want to touch someone’s life so much that they can genuinely say that if they have never met me then they wouldn’t be the person they are today. I want to save someone; save them from this cold, dark and lonely world. I wish to be someone’s hero, someone that people look up to. I only wish to make a change, even if it’s a small one. I just want to do more than exist.
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