Diwali or Deepavali is a festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.
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Days Of Diwali
1. DHANTERAS
Dhanteras, also referred to as Dhanatrayodashi or Yamatrayodashi, starts off the five day Diwali festival. Dhanteras is derived from Dhan (wealth) and teras (thirteenth), and it marks the thirteenth day of the Kartik month's dark fortnight.
2. Choti Diwali NARAKA CHATURDASHI
Choti Diwali, also known as Naraka Chaturdasi, is the second day of festivities. The term "choti" means little, while "Naraka" means hell and "Chaturdasi" means "fourteenth".
3. LAKSHMI PUJA
he third day is the main festive day. It is the last day of the dark fortnight of the lunar month. This is the day when Hindu, Jain and Sikh temples and homes glow in countless little lights, thereby making it the "festival of lights".
4. BALIPRATIPADA/Padwa
The day after Diwali, is celebrated as Padwa. This day ritually celebrates the love and mutual devotion between the wife and husband. The husbands give thoughtful gifts, or elaborate ones to respective spouses. In many regions, newly married daughters with their husbands are invited for special meals.
5. BHAI DOOJ
The last day of the festival is called Bhai dooj (Brother's second) or Bhai tika in Nepal, where it is the major day of the festival. It celebrates the sister-brother loving relationship, in a spirit similar to Raksha Bandhan but with different rituals.
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