Diwali Hindu's Festival

Diwali is the biggest Hindu's festival

Diwali, also known Divali or Deepavali ,  one of the biggest religious festivals in Hinduism, usually fall in last October and starting of November month. The name is derived from the Sanskrit termdipavali, meaning “row of lights,” which are lit on the new-moon night to bid the pray of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. the Diwali also celebrates for the happy of the return of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman to the Ayodhya. where Rama’s rule of emprorrer would commence.

During the festival, small-small lamps filled with oil are lighted and placed in home along the parapets of temples and houses and set adrift on rivers and streams. The fourth day—the main Diwali festival day and the beginning of the lunar month of Karttika—marks the beginning of the new year according to the Vikrama calendar. Merchants perform religious ceremonies and open new account books. It is generally a time for visiting, exchanging gifts, cleaning and decorating houses, feasting, setting off fireworks displays, and wearing new clothes. Gambling is encouraged during this season as a way of ensuring good luck for the coming year and in remembrance of the games of dice played by the Lord Shiva and Parvati on Mount Kailasa or similar contests between Radha and Krishna. Ritually, in honour of Lakshmi, the female player always wins.