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 It is one of the most awaited festivals of all time in India.It is called Deepavali and is being celebrated on 17th october this year.
History: Diwali also celebrates the return of Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya after a 14 year exile, and a war in which he killed Ravana. It is believed that the people of Ayodhya lit ghee lamps along the way to light their path in the darkness.
Celebration: The day starts off with everyone buying crackers in the morning and house is completely cleaned and decorated for festival.In the afternoon children are busy drying their crackers in the sun for better performance while the elders are busy in making special dishes and sweets for night.In the evening pooja (prayers) are performed to Lakshmi Devi (goddess of Wealth).And after that people gather at friend's and relative's house and burn the crackers together.This continues till late in night.And finally they have dinner together and leave back home satisfied and contented with the way have celebrated the festival better than last year..
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| 1. ashvan1989 (5) | 1 month ago |  yes diwali is said to be one of the famous and most widely celebrated festival in india.this festival takes place for more than 1 week in some parts of india.the main feature of diwali is that all about bursting crackers.these crackers are manufactured in a place called sivakasi a small town in south india.all the crackers are manufactured here and sold all over india.people consider bursting crackers as a good sign,because due to the loud noise created by the crackers it is beleived that all the evil spirits in the house are said to run away from the house.
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 Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi ashvan.Happy Divali.I hope you have lots of fun tonight.Be safe with those crackers.And thanks for your response.. | |
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2.  sonuherenz (126) | 1 month ago |  Happy Diwali Bro...Hope your celebrations and competetions go awesome....Have your best time...Take Care
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi bro.Happy Diwali to you as well.It was so hectic and tiresome yesterday.Did not even have dinner last night.The competition was indeed great.And I hope you had a very pleasant diwali as well.Anyways thanks for your response and have a nice day... | |
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi voldrox.You are absolutely right.This is what makes India such a special place.Though it is you festival or not you get to enjoy equally as others.And every festival is unique and has its own way of celebration.Anyways thanks for your response and have a nice day.. | |
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| 4. bewitched13 (285) | 1 month ago |  Hi Shames, Wish you a belated Happy Diwali. This festival is also celebrated on the defeating and killing Narakasura. So it is also called Naraka Chathurthi. In Kerala people pray and offer offerings to their ancestors on the Diwali day. In Gujrat it is the begining of the New Year from the Diwali. In West Bengal it is celebrated as Kali Puja. The business class start their new accounts from the Diwali day after the Lakshmi puja. Share traders have a special muhurat in the evening and buy some shares and stocks on this auspicious day and time. So in spite of the diversities Diwali is the festival celebrated by one and all with full gaiety in India.
Happy mylotting.
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi bewitched.Thanks for adding the information.There are sometimes misunderstandings but India is a representative of unity in diversity.I dont know if anywhere else people from totally different religion and traditions celebrate festivals together.Anyways thanks for your response and have a nice day... | |
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi ckyera.I think I have not told you but I live in a hostel far away from my parents.So I celebrated Diwali with my college friends.Yeah it is pretty much like the new year but is unique in its very own way.Anyways thanks for your response and have a nice day... | |
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| ckyera (2273) | 1 month ago |  oh i see...but isn't it a holiday? why didn't you go home to celebrate it with your parents?
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Well it is a holiday.But it is only for one day.And as I have mentioned in one of my discussions earlier that it takes me around 15 hours by train to reach there..So no question of going back home there.However those who live near by did go back home.. | |
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| 6. koundinya3 (37) | 1 month ago |  Hii Shames...
thats a good explanation abt the festival of light diwali.
anyways i am gonna share my experience of diwali at my college. we have a competition called Illumination and rangoli in which all the guyz in our hostel work together to participate in lighting up diyas in a innovative way and then we do the rangoli (much better than the girls) at the end we get rasagullah s from the vice president of our college...
contrary to my previous experiences of lighting up crackers this was really exciting and caused much lesser pollution..
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| Shames (1310) | 1 month ago | Hi koundinya.Well I wanted to explain it as well but then I thought it was more appropriate to describe the way we have been celebrating traditionally.Nice narration by the way about the illumination and rangoli.Anyways thanks for your response and have a nice day.. | |
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