10 facts of diwali

10 facts of diwali

* Hinduism is the big religion of India and is think to be the oldest religion in the all over the world.

* Diwali or Deepavali is the most famous and biggest celebrated holiday in all over the world as it marks the Hindu New Year on the 13th of November, lasting for 5 days.

* Housewives, house made and women of the household consider it auspicious to do a ‘Spring Clean’ so that the house is sinning before the entering of a New Year.

* It is an old tradition that gambling at the time of the Hindu New Year is good luck and brings prosperity to the forthcoming year.

* The 5 days of Diwali include:

• Day 1: On the first day, the ‘Spring clean’ takes place.

• Day 2: Decorations begin to take place with lamps/diyas being placed all around the newly cleaned home.

• Day 3: The third and main day of the holiday. Families gather to pray to the Goddess Lakshmi, before a mouth-watering feast and fireworks.

• Day 4: The start of the Hindu New Year. Friends and family gather to exchange gifts and best wishes for the New Year that is upon them.

• Day 5: On the final day if Diwali, brothers visit sisters where they are greeted with love and an extravagant meal.

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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.

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Diwali crackers pictures

Diwali crackers pictures

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Diwali

Diwali Recipes

namak paare	mathri
paneer tikka	apple gujiya
veg shammi kabab	papdi chaat
nankhatai	chivda
baby corn manchurian	quick paneer tikka
sindhi dak pakwan	bengali matar kachori
aloo chaat	french fries
tandoori aloo	sukhi arbi
do check more diwali snacks, check this compiled list of 75 diwali snacks recipes.the list includes north indian snacks, south indian snacks, healthy snacks, maharashtrian snacks, gujarati snacks, sindhi snacks and paneer snacks recipes.
diwali sweets recipes
besan ladoo	quick milk pedha
maladu or maa laddu	kaju katli
phirni recipe	sabudana kheer
rice kheer	kesar barfi
seviyan kheer	rice payasam
gajar halwa	sandesh recipe
rava kesari	saffron suji halwa
lauki ka halwa	apple halwa
orange kheer	badam halwa
to check more diwalis sweets recipes check this compiled list of 60 diwali sweets recipes. the list includes easy diwali sweets, laddus, halwas and kheer recipes.
diwali special recipes – main couse recipes
veg hyderabadi biryani	dum mushroom biryani
yakhni pulao	navratan korma
gujarati kadhi	punjabi  kadhi pakora
methi matar malai	restaurant style dal tadka
bombay pav bhaji	veg fried rice
paneer butter masala	malai kofta
paneer tikka masala	shahi paneer
easy diwali recipes
easy rajma recipe	easy dal makhani
easy bhatura recipe	dry fruits ladoo

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