Festive season in India is going on right now and we are celebrating our pious Deepawali week which is one of the biggest festivals observed on this land. Entire country is synchronized in the colorful lights and harmony.
Deepawali is a festival of victory of goodness and courage over darkness. It was the day when Lord Rama saved Mother Sita from Ravana and came back to Ayodhya. Lord Rama is considered as the embodiment of a perfect man. He is given the title of "Purushottam" meaning the best of all the men in qualities.
He defeated Ravana who had captured Mother Sita(his soulmate) by conspiracy and had held her captive in Lanka. Shri Rama went to Lanka with a huge army of warriors and killed him to conquer victory of love.
All of India gets decorated like a queen and people do all the cleaning and painting work at their places. It is observed as a festival of colors and lights and everyone likes to acquire new assets and buy new things when festive week is there. Before deepawali, we celebrate a day called Dhanteras and on that day, it is considered shubh to buy something new. Everyone buys something new as a symbol of prosperity for themselves.
To give you a glimpse of how our country looks like in the colors of this celebrations, I decided to make a post out of whatsapp status screenshots and some pictures captured be me. Hope you all will enjoy them.
Above is beautiful deepak rangoli made by my girl. She decorated her pooja(worship place) with small oil lamps. I am not even 1 percent creative of what she is. I really liked this one and therefore chose it as a starter for my post. Hope you liked it.
This is a beautiful diya arrangement for diwali. You will witness many of these beautiful creations in every house of India if you visit us during this joyous week. On the eve of diwali, these decors are on there peak and I can't tell you the level of creativity people put in them.
The above is a picture of Srinagar garhwal India. It's lit by beautiful lights on the occasion of deepawali.
Above is a picture of God Ganesha and Goddess Laxhmi whose worship is done on the diwali eve in every family of India. Ganesha is worshipped before starting any good work in Hindu religion and Laxhmi is considered the goddes of wealth and prosperity.
You will find every nook and cranny of India covered with these lights. You might have seen the image of India on diwali from space station post on insta pages. You can guess the extent of our happiness through this decoration only. I really love these lights and its my all time favorite festival.
Crackers have their own importance. These are in the memory of Shri Rama returning back to Ayodhya after conquering victory over Ravana. People celebrate with crackers to welcome back lord on his birthplace. It's a really loud welcome in Indian style.
Entire India is lit in beautiful colors during the festival week and deepak have their own importance. People love to meet and greet and share sweets. Happy vibes are there all through the week and people get time from their busy lives to celebrate cozily with their families.
Before finishing, I would also love to tell you about other festive days we observe in this week :
3th nov :- Deepawali
4th nov :- Deepawali
5th nov :- Govardhan pooja
6th nov :- Bhaiyadooj
Govardhan pooja is a worship done in memory of when Lord Krishna saved people by lifting Govardhan mountain on his pinky finger and Bhaiya dooj is a festival of a brother promising her sister all the protection and a celebration of lovely bond between them. You can read more on them on google.
I hope you like the little glimpse of the bigger picture of our lives these days.
Happy diwali and thankyou so much for reading.<3
