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Present Diwali Another Reason to Celebrate and Decorate Home Diwali is one of the foremost and spirit livening festivals of India. The word Diwali is associated with (though a degree incorrect) the word “Deepawali” which implies “rows of light”. The pageant of Diwali takes place on the fifteenth day within the month of Hindu calendar month once winter seasons begins. It falls on the Amavasyaof the month of Kartik every year by Hindu calendar.

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Diwali – Another Reason to Celebrate and Decorate Home

Diwali is one of the foremost and spirit livening festivals of India. The word Diwali is associated

with (though a degree incorrect) the word “Deepawali” which implies “rows of light”. The

pageant of Diwali takes place on the fifteenth day within the month of Hindu calendar month

once winter seasons begins. It falls on the ‘Amavasya’ of the month of Kartik every year by

Hindu calendar.

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It is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the length and breadth of India. It is a festival

of lights. According to some on this day Lord Ram reached Ayodhya along with Sita and

Lakshman. The villagers of Ayodhya welcomed Ram, Lakshman and Sitaby decorating and

illuminating their village withdiyas. As per the Jainism methodology believe that on this present

day Mahavir Hindu visited the heaven, there he was received warmly by the gods.

Diwali has remained a very important festival in Sikhism too. The entire town of Amritsar had

been illuminated to commemorate the return of Guru HarGobindJi, the sixth Guru of Sikhism.

The Guru had been imprisoned with 52 Hindu kings at the Gwalior Fort by Jahangir. After

attaining freedom, Guru Gobind visited Darbar Sahib or the Golden Temple, in the city of

Amritsar. The overwhelmed residents joyfully welcomed him by lighting diyas and candles to

greet the Guru visiting their city. This is why the Sikhs also refer to Diwali as BandiChhorh

Divas, or "the day of the release of the detainees".

For this great occasion of Diwali, everybody starts creating arrangement one month before it, by

purchasing new cloths,by cleaning house&for decorating there house. People buy paintings like

Indian paintings, religious paintings, handicrafts. In these days, people have new exciting

options by which they can buy paintings online as these paintings helps a lotinto the decoration

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of the house in a fantastic manner. If one decoratestheir house with the painting it gives a

feellike “if we are putting a golden brick in the middle of the wall construction”.

TheMorphology of the paintings is the “Art of an Artist” and for the same people canadorn with

lights, flowers etc. People also celebrate Diwali through lighting diyas, fireworks, flowers,

sharing sweets and offering Puja (prayers). While the rituals differ from region to region, the

main aim of the festival is the same – to rejoice the luminous Atman or the Brahman

within. Diwali festival is the festival of the whole country. It is celebrated in every nook and

Corner of our country. Thus, this festival also creates a sense of oneness among the people. It

becomes the symbol of unity. India has been celebrating this festival for thousands of years and

continues to celebrate it even today which is both historical and religious.

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