Diwali- Its That Time of The Year Again!!

Shreya Jain, INN/chennai, @infodeaofficial

If you are in India right now then you are going to see the best fireworks you have ever seen. Every single household in India will be lighting clay lamps and cracking fireworks.  Diwali is one the most awated and important festival of the Hindus and is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the length and breadth of India. Diwali marks the victory of Ram over Ravana. As a matter of fact, Diwali is the symbol of the victory of the forces of good over evil. Diwali falls on the amavashya of the month of late October or early November.

This day also marks the return of lord Ram to Ayodhya after fourteen long years of vanvaas. Diwali is also known as the festival of lights. Today the Indian festival of Diwali has become a worldwide phenomenon called as festival of lights.

It is hailed in symbolic row of clay-prepared lamps called diyas, according to Skanda Purana. During the occasion, indoor and outdoor places are given spotless cleanliness. Diyasand colorful bulbs are lit around every corner of homes to greet Mata Lakshmi on Diwali.very festival of India bears a certain kind of mythological connection, and Diwali is also one of the fiestas bearing a religious and mythological link to goddess Laxmi and god Ganesha. Both the deities signify fortune, knowledge, wisdom, prosperity and spiritual enlightenment.