The victory of light over darkness, hope over despair, knowledge over ignorance and good over evil.
Diwali or Deepavali is a special festival in our culture, dedicated to the powerful Goddess Kali, symbolizing the victory of good over evil. There was a demon named Raktabija, who had the power to multiply himself with every drop of his blood falling on the ground. Goddess Kali, with her supreme divine powers, defeated the demon Raktabija by drinking his blood and preventing it from falling on the ground, thus preventing Raktabija to multiply himself. These were the beliefs given to us in our childhood, with a picture of Goddess Kali being potrayed as a dark-skinned deity adorned with a garland of skulls and a tongue sticking out from her mouth. She is known as another form of Goddess Durga - the fierce and compassionate form, worshiping her we can overcome obstacles, conquer on our inner demons and attain spiritual liberation. It's also believed that on this day, Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya on this day, after defeating the demon king Ravana and enlightened diyas to celebrate the victory of truth.
A lot of preparation goes beforehand at home for this sacred occasion, that includes full home cleansing once a year, and then decorating the home with diyas (oil lamps), symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. These diyas symbolize parts of the sun, the cosmic giver of light and energy to all life. In modern times many people illuminate their home with fancy lights and decorate it further by putting rangolis on the floor, along with diyas and candles. And on this day, as part of a special ancient ritual (which is specific to my place) named as Bada Badua Daka, we pay homage to our ancestors and seek their blessings, acknowledging the sacrifices they made to enable next generation, passing down the values and traditions. It's believed that spirits of our forefathers come back around us on Mahalaya and depart for the heavenly abode on Diwali. All members of the family unite and hold a bundle of jute sticks and then light(burn) them from a diya flame and raise it towards the sky , enchanting a specific verse together:
"ବଡ଼ ବଡୁଆ ହୋ, ଅନ୍ଧାରରେ ଆସ, ଆଲୁଅରେ ଯାଅ, ମହାପ୍ରସାଦ ଖାଇ ବାଇଶି ପାହାଚରେ ଗଡଗଡାଉ ଥାଅ।"
O forefathers, come to us in darkness, we light your way to heaven, eat Mahaprasad and attain salvation on the 22 steps of Lord Jagannath Temple.
All commercial shops also follow the same ritual of cleansing it once in a year, and worship Goddess Lakshmi, to bring them luck, wealth and prosperity in their business. You walk into any shop, they will offer you a token of love in the form of sweets / prasad. In fact it goes on for few days, they will have lot of packets ready to distribute and give it to their regular customers, when they visit. And for kids, this is the most special festival, to enjoy fire crackers.
Every year, I go to wholesale shops and bring a lot of fire crackers, but this year I got it from a local dealer, at a little higher price. Remember those childhood excitements to put them under sun, and going every now and then to check their status ? It's a lot of fun.
A local diya shop, from which I bought diyas. The market was pretty crowded yesterday.
I wish, the festival of lights illuminate all of our path and fill our life with love, joy and prosperity. And now let me present you some beautiful colorful decorations that our residents have done this evening to welcome this festival.
And we have also decorated our apartment and the temple very nicely.
So the mode is set for celebration, and we are all going to celebrate it together with some firecrackers, more to come on that.....
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happy Diwali. May this occasion grace you and your family with newfound happiness and prosperity. A good glance of different variety of rangoli designs and that makes this blog more interesting than anything.
We also celebrated with a thousand diyas liting up.
Wow, it must have taken a lot of effort to put thousand diyas.
It's a perfect chronicle of Diwali aided with different rangoli designs contributed by various families of this society. The ambience must have turned positive and festive seasons must have echoed from all the corners of this society.
Festivals are another way to socialize in disguise. It also marks the onset of winter. Even though in tropics Winter is not very well defined like northern plains and mostly remains short, the change of season can be felt.
I thoroughly enjoyed the decoration and the colorful rangolis; it's certainly a spectacular moment.
Happy Diwali Sir.
Thank you.
Jai Jagannath
🙏🙏🙏
Happy Diwali👍
Happy diwali! Happy kaili puja!
Rangolis are stunning!
Happy Diwali 🤛 Some of them would have taken the entire day.
Que hermosa decoración me encantaron tus fotos hermosa familia, aquí en Cuba no existe la tradición de Halloween. Gracias por tu Compartir.
I can see that you and your family had a pleasant Diwali celebration, I wish you another happy one come next year.
Happy diwali to you and your family..
Happy and Safe Diwali to you and your family🤛
I really can’t remember the person who first made a post about Diwali here sometime ago and I also made my research
It’s a beautiful tradition
Happy Diwali to you
Happy Diwali, one of the most sought after tradition for kids, who does not love firecrackers !!
Good morning dear friend @sanjeevm how are you
What beautiful memories you have of these celebrations, I appreciate you sharing them with us
Beautiful photographs,
Have a great day
Every tribes does have their own culture and deities that truly represent their existence. I must say this festival you presented here is glamorous with the way the house is arranged and the colourful atmosphere of things.
Happy Diwali 🤛
Happy Diwali 🎇
Happy Diwali 🤛
I so much love this particular India festival a lot.... Happy Diwali to all my India friends.
Happy Diwali 🤛
Happy Diwali the festival of light. I know sweets must be shared in this occasion.
Thank you for sharing with us what Diwali means
It’s a beautiful tradition you people have got over there
Enjoy yourself
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La tradición y artesanía de tu país amigo @sanjeevm es maravilloso, amo el arte de la India 🇮🇳 siempre he querido visitarla.. Los colores vibrantes son espectaculares 😍😍😍
Happy Diwali 👏🥳
Happy Diwali 🤛
does that happens those days? we have the celebration day of the people you loved who passed away, the meaning is similar, a pray to win over death (aka darkness)
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Wishing you a very happy diwali!! May this Diwali bring bundles of joy and happiness for you and you family. The decoration made for diwali is absolutely beautiful, especially the colourful rangoli!! Loved it!!
@sanjeevm A very solemn celebration, and beautiful, in addition to the light I love the beautiful and colorful drawings. are mandalas?
what a beautiful celebration, and always, always, Good will triumph over Evil because in the end the good ones are more