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About the Festival of
Deepavali
Rose
is the king of flowers, so is the Deepavali is the crown
of all the festivals which is celebrated not only by
Sindhis, Hindus but most of Indians and all parts of
world where people of Indian origin have population.
Diyari is celebrated, precisely twenty days following
Dussehra, (some time in October or November) on
Amavasaya day of Asmonth of sindhi calendar. The Usual
celebration of Diyari goes for Four days, though at some
places celebrations last for five days.
Celebration
of this festival starts on the day of Amavasaya, a day
with no moon in the night sky hence sky seemed to filed
with colorful and sparkling lights of fire crackers and
thus Deepavali is also referred as the festival of
lights. Lamps & mango plant leaves are used to decorate
houses.
The first day of Deepavali is celebrated as "Narka
Chaturdasi" as per the puranas this is the day on which
demon Naraka was killed by Satyabhama, wife of Lord
Krishna and reincarnation of Bhudevi, mother of Naraka,
as per the boon from Brahma, Naraka can face death only
at her hands.
Second day is "Laxmi Poojan" (Diyari)
Goddess Laxmi is the Goddess of wealth. The third day is
Bal Pirtipada in sindhi Badu [Bhau Bij in Maharashtra].
while "Yama Dvitiya" (Chandu)is the forth day. In the
sindhi homes Diyari is celebrated only for three days
namely Diyari, Badu & Chandu.
As this festival is celebrated after the rainy season is
over hence cleaning and decorating houses have some
hygienic importance also. According to Puranas Deepavali
is the day of return of Lord Rama to capital Ayodhya
after the vanvas [living in forest] of fourteen years
and to welcome the king citizens have decorated the city
with the series [Mala] of lamps [Deeps] hence tradition
of celebrating Deepavali was started. |