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10 Reasons to Celebrate Diwali.
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Diwali “,
It’s not just the festive mood in the air that makes you happy, or just that
it’s a good time to enjoy before the advent of winter. There are 10 mythical
and historical reasons why Diwali is a great time to celebrate. And there are
good reasons not just for Hindus but also for all others to celebrate this
great Festival of Lights.
1.Goddess Lakshmi’s
Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.
Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.
2. Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day (Diwali day), Lord Vishnu
in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of
King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on Diwali.
3. Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord Krishna
killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity.
The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the Diwali day
as a victory festival.
4. The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic ‘Mahabharata’,
it was ‘Kartik Amavashya’ when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of
banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game
of dice (gambling). The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by
lighting the earthen lamps.
5. The Victory of Rama: According to the epic ‘Ramayana’, it was the new moon day of
Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing
Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city
with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.
6. Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya
was coroneted on the Diwali day, hence Diwali became a historical event as
well.
7. Special Day for the Arya Samaj: It was the new moon day
of Kartik (Diwali day) when Maharshi Dayananda, one of the greatest reformers
of Hinduism and the founder of Arya Samaj attained his nirvana.
8. Special Day for the Jains: Mahavir Tirthankar, considered to be the
founder of modern Jainism also attained his nirvana on Diwali day.
9. Special Day for the Sikhs: The third Sikh Guru Amar Das
institutionalized Diwali as a Red-Letter Day when all Sikhs would gather to
receive the Gurus blessings. In 1577, the foundation stone of the Golden Temple
at Amritsar was laid on Diwali. In 1619, the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind, who was
held by the Mughal Emperor Jahengir, was released from the Gwalior fort along
with 52 kings.
10. The Pope’s Diwali Speech: In 1999, Pope John Paul II performed a
special Eucharist in an Indian church where the altar was decorated with Diwali
lamps, the Pope had a ‘tilak’ marked on his forehead and his speech was
bristled with references to the festival of light.
Diwali Is Here, Diwali Is Here.
Happiness Arrives, Happiness Is Here.
Happiness Arrives, Happiness Is Here.
Diwas Lighted In Every House.
Rangoli Patterns In Every House.
Rangoli Patterns In Every House.
Diwali Is Here, Diwali Is Here.
Happiness Arives, Happiness Is Here.
Happiness Arives, Happiness Is Here.
Decorations On Every Door.
Tiny Stars Are Shining Bright.
Tiny Stars Are Shining Bright.
Diwali Is Here, Diwali Is Here.
Happiness Arrives, Happiness Is Here.
Happiness Arrives, Happiness Is Here.
A Story of
Diwali function:
First came Heera and
Moti in Do Bail…, nodding their heads, moving their tails and cud-chewing
continuously. The oxen love their master Jhuri but his wife thinks that they
are lazy and sends them to her brother’s place.
Unable to stand the separation from their master, they flee, facing many difficulties, a cruel master and lastly a butcher.
Dressed in white outfits with black gloves for hooves, the oxen were deftly portrayed by Shwetank Sharma and Abhishek Kumar.
Shwetank comments, “It might look easy but these were probably the most challenging roles of our lives.
To behave like an animal – shrug shoulders, flap ears and lick the limbs, while delivering dialogues like a human, is not easy. However, it feels good to see that kids loved us, especially our bells.”
Shatranj Ke Khiladi, which came up next, was adored too. In the Lucknow of 1856, Jagirdar Mirza Sajjad Ali and Mir Roshan Ali are obsessed with chess. First, they ignore their wives, then, their duties towards Awadh, and finally, get into a fight over the game and kill each other.
Lastlycame Nimantran – a rip-roaring comedy. Moteram, a Brahmin receives an invitation for bhoj at a queen’s palace. He’s asked to bring along six other Brahmins for which he selects his own five little sons and wife. Hereafter, begins the tale of the queen and Moteram’s friend Chintamani catching them red-handed.
Ravi Raj Sagar, the director of these plays, expressed, “It was anyways a unique experience for me staging Do Bail, Shatranj... and Nimantran which have never been made into a play before.
“On top of that, the large number of kids in the cast posed an additional challenge. They would want to play and indulge in mischief all the time and it would take some effort to get them to rehearsing. It’s an amazing feeling now to see it all having gone so well.”
The kids in the audience also seemingly enjoyed themselves. Manutosh Gehlot, a standard V student of Army Public School exclaimed, “I loved Premchand in the books.
After seeing these plays, I like him even more. Are there more stories by him? Will they be staging them too?”
Unable to stand the separation from their master, they flee, facing many difficulties, a cruel master and lastly a butcher.
Dressed in white outfits with black gloves for hooves, the oxen were deftly portrayed by Shwetank Sharma and Abhishek Kumar.
Shwetank comments, “It might look easy but these were probably the most challenging roles of our lives.
To behave like an animal – shrug shoulders, flap ears and lick the limbs, while delivering dialogues like a human, is not easy. However, it feels good to see that kids loved us, especially our bells.”
Shatranj Ke Khiladi, which came up next, was adored too. In the Lucknow of 1856, Jagirdar Mirza Sajjad Ali and Mir Roshan Ali are obsessed with chess. First, they ignore their wives, then, their duties towards Awadh, and finally, get into a fight over the game and kill each other.
Lastlycame Nimantran – a rip-roaring comedy. Moteram, a Brahmin receives an invitation for bhoj at a queen’s palace. He’s asked to bring along six other Brahmins for which he selects his own five little sons and wife. Hereafter, begins the tale of the queen and Moteram’s friend Chintamani catching them red-handed.
Ravi Raj Sagar, the director of these plays, expressed, “It was anyways a unique experience for me staging Do Bail, Shatranj... and Nimantran which have never been made into a play before.
“On top of that, the large number of kids in the cast posed an additional challenge. They would want to play and indulge in mischief all the time and it would take some effort to get them to rehearsing. It’s an amazing feeling now to see it all having gone so well.”
The kids in the audience also seemingly enjoyed themselves. Manutosh Gehlot, a standard V student of Army Public School exclaimed, “I loved Premchand in the books.
After seeing these plays, I like him even more. Are there more stories by him? Will they be staging them too?”
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