Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika. It is widely associated with Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity, with many other regional traditions connecting the holiday to Sita and Rama.
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Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. The festival usually lasts five days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika. It is widely associated with Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity, with many other regional traditions connecting the holiday to Sita and Rama, Vishnu, Krishna, Yama, Yami, Durga, Kali, Hanuman, Ganesha, Kubera, Dhanvantari, or Vishvakarman. In the lead-up to Diwali, celebrants will prepare by cleaning, renovating, and decorating their homes and workplaces with diyas and rangolis. The main day of the festival is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The five-day celebration is observed every year in early autumn after the conclusion of the summer harvest, coincides with the new moon and is deemed the darkest night of the Hindu Lunisolar calendar. The darkest night is the apex of the celebration and coincides. with the second of the Gregorian calendar in the early November or half October or the half-October calendar in India. In Nepal, it is also a multiday festival, although the days and rituals are named differently, with the climax being called Tihar festival by Hindus and Swanti festival by Buddhists.
The Diwli festival is mentioned in Sanskrit texts such as Padma Purana, which were completed in the second half of the second millennium of the first century of the century. The term is derived from the Sanskrit words dīpa, ‘lamp, light, lantern, candle, that which glows, shines, illuminates or knowledge’ and āvali, “a row, range, continuous line, series’. Some Hindu communities mark the last day as Bhai Dooj or the regional equivalent, which is dedicated to the bond between sister and brother, while other Hindu and Sikh craftsmen communities mark this day as Vishwakarma Puja and observe it by performing maintenance in their work spaces and offering prayers. In some parts of India, the day after Lakshmi Puja is marked with the Govardhan Puja. Some other faiths in India also celebrate their respective festivals alongside Diwalo. The Jains observe their own Diwala which marks the final liberation of Mahavira, the Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas to mark the release of Guru Hargobind from a Mughal Empire prison. The Hindus of Eastern India and Bangladesh generally celebrate Diwalli, by worshipping goddess Kali. The Newar Buddhists, unlike other Buddhist, celebrate DiWali by worships Lakshmi. The Hindu and Jain diaspora from the Indian subcontinent also celebrate the festival.
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