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The festival of lights, Diwali, we love it for the lights, sweets and the pollution that it brings us. The good thing about the pollution that we create is all the mosquitoes that we were fighting against, the ones that might be related to ones that brought a bout of Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya, more than half of the population of Delhi was down with viral. Oh! what a booming business it was for medical practitioners and pharma companies, with the reckless prescription and consumption of antibiotics. But even in the darkness there is this light and that is why Diwali and the associated festivities are so very significant here.
I think Diwali Barbie looks amazing in black, here she is wearing Coronation Maleficent gown, she reminds me Arwen from LOTR
Diwali is the festival of Lights. On this festival, you’ll see every town, city and village are lightened up with thousands of lamps everywhere. But the celebration is not just about lighting lamps outside - an inner light has to come. Diwali symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance." Light is a metaphor for knowledge and consciousness.
May the beauty of this festival of lights fill your mind with happiness & bring joy, peace and prosperity in your life
06 November 2018 | Dhaka, Bangladeshe
Diwali is a popular festival in INDIA.
Though it is called as festival of lights it is widely celebrated bursting crackers.
Dhanteras is the first day of the five-day Diwali Festival as celebrated in parts of north India. The festival, also known as "Dhantrayodashi" or "Dhanwantari Triodasi", falls on the auspicious thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Ashwin October/November The word Dhanteras, Dhan stands for wealth. On Dhanteras, the "Owl" form of the Goddess Laxmi is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being. Dhanteras holds special significance for the business community due to customary purchases of precious metals on this day
According to another popular legend, when the gods and demons churned the ocean for Amrita or nectar, Dhanvantari (the physician of the gods and an incarnation of Vishnu) emerged carrying a jar of the elixir on the day of Dhanteras.
A diya, deya,divaa, deepa, deepam, or deepak is an oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oils.
Clay diyas are often used temporarily as lighting for special occasions, while diyas made of brass are permanent fixtures in homes and temples. Diyas are native to India, and are often used in Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Zoroastrian religious festivals such as Diwali or the Kushti ceremony. A similar lamp called a butter lamp is used in Tibetan Buddhist offerings as well. Diyas, also known as deepam in Tamil Nadu, can be lighted, especially during the Karthikai Deepam.
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere). It is an official holiday in Fiji, Guyana, India,Pakistan,Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. One of the major festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed.The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika in Bikram Sambat calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid-October and mid-November.
Date Taken 11/11/2015 06.48PM November