In practice, the Diwali celebration starts on DhanTeras (13th day from full moon) until the second day of Karthik New Moon.
In South, NaraChatrudashi is the real Diwali. This is also the day when Kali Puja is done in Bengal.
Diwali is big festival for the Business Class who end their Fiscal year a day before Diwali and worship Lakshmi for a start of a promising year.
Some people say Diwali is the day Rama returned to Ayodhya after his exile. Some people believe this to be the day Rama was crowned king.
As the dwarf, Vamana, Vishnu is supposed to have conquered the asura king Bali, on this day.
Some say this is the day Lakshmi emerged from the cosmic ocean and chose Vishnu as her husband.
Like on Mahalaya, this is also the time to pay respect to the departed souls.Some say the lights and firecrackers are a way to show the departed, a path to heaven.
Gambling has entered to Diwali. Folk tales talk about the game of dice was created on this day by Shiva. Skanda Purana talks about the twelve boards on the dice board :
The universe is the board. The months are the squares.The playing pieces are the lunar days (dark and bright both) and the sun's path northwards is one dice and the path southwards is another dice.
Five Days - Five Festivities. Five Rituals. Five Legends.
Tomorrow (09th November 2015) starts the first day - Dhanteras.
In South, NaraChatrudashi is the real Diwali. This is also the day when Kali Puja is done in Bengal.
Diwali is big festival for the Business Class who end their Fiscal year a day before Diwali and worship Lakshmi for a start of a promising year.
Some people say Diwali is the day Rama returned to Ayodhya after his exile. Some people believe this to be the day Rama was crowned king.
As the dwarf, Vamana, Vishnu is supposed to have conquered the asura king Bali, on this day.
Some say this is the day Lakshmi emerged from the cosmic ocean and chose Vishnu as her husband.
Like on Mahalaya, this is also the time to pay respect to the departed souls.Some say the lights and firecrackers are a way to show the departed, a path to heaven.
Gambling has entered to Diwali. Folk tales talk about the game of dice was created on this day by Shiva. Skanda Purana talks about the twelve boards on the dice board :
The universe is the board. The months are the squares.The playing pieces are the lunar days (dark and bright both) and the sun's path northwards is one dice and the path southwards is another dice.
Five Days - Five Festivities. Five Rituals. Five Legends.
Tomorrow (09th November 2015) starts the first day - Dhanteras.
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