One single impression prompt – Conquer
Happy Diwali to all my family and friends
Do you know the story of Diwali?
It was when Lord Ram
Conquered over evil Ravana
It was the time
He came back from 14 years of exile
His return home was celebrated as ‘Diwali’ by all.
Photo by Swami Stream at Flickr
Its five days of glorious fun
First day is Dhan teras to prepare for it all.
Second day is Naraka Chaturdasi to start lighting the lamps
Third day is Diwali for all the celebration
Fourth day is Annakut to continue the feasts
Fifth day is Bhayiduj for brothers and sisters to strengthen their bonds
Photo by Siddhu 2020 at Flickr
What is the meaning of this all?
Its triumph of good over evil…
To celebrate the inner light that lies with in us all
Photo by Harpreet Thinking at Flickr
If there was no demon to conquer
What will be Diwali for?
If there was no darkness
What will be the lamps for?
Check out my home photos of Diwali.
If we explore cultures we find that so many festivals are called “festival of lights”, some that i have found are Diwali , Hanukkah and Karthigai Deepam
Wish you and your blog readers a very Happy and Prosperous Deepavali that brings out the brighter side of the life through out the year with good health, prosperity and happiness.
Have a *pollution free* and safe Deepavali.
happy diwali to you and your family, Shraddha.
Thank you for explaining the origins of this holiday. Excellent take on the prompt too.
Happy Weekend Shraddha! Many hugs, G
Shraddha, I thought you were taking time off until Dec? It was so great to see you back in the blogosphere! Have a great weekend.
thanks for sharing this…wonderful
Happy Deepavali!!
Have you read my post on this beautiful festival?
http://ofmiceandramen.blogspot.com/2009/10/deepavali.html
Happy Diwali to you! I did not know about this celebration and was glad to learn of it. Thanks Shraddha!
PS – I can see my retweet button – it wasn’t visible to you?
Happy Diwali. Many celebrate this over here in the UK. Always so full of light, as your pictures show.
And Happy Diwali to YOU!
Love your new layout and glad to see you are around
your heritage is steeped in interesting traditions. Enjoy the holiday!
Happy Diwali, Shraddha! Thank you very much for posting this. Have you lighted your lamps yet? Or is this symbolic now like so many of our U.S. holidays?
Our President Obama gave a very nice address on Diwali and released it on the White House YouTube this morning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuiAW_6XKVM
..
Happy Diwali! What a great 5 days! I love long festival like holidays that inspire us to think and enjoy life and enjoy each other. Thanks for letting me know the meaning of this holiday!
Stunning new look. Looks I will have to spend a whole day going through all these fabulous posts and pictures. Love the heading photo with the M&Ms and candy corn.
Happy Diwali!
Happy Diwali to you and your family!
Food! Family! Fun! The best of celebration. Happy Diwalio to you all.
Thanks, Your simple explanation is the most clear that I’ve read and I understand better now what it’s all about.
Happy Diwali to you Shraddha~ Diwali fell on my birthday one year. I lit a candle to celebrate and sat in silence for a few minutes saying a prayer. Hope all is well. Have a great weekend full of celebration.
Too cool! I love hearing about holidays and traditions of other cultures. The stories behind them are always interesting, but it seems that we all celebrate common themes, huh?
Happy Diwali! Glad to have you back!
Hi Shrads…
…read this post of yours at WL…and as i have said, t’was very informative…
…i could even feel your exciting day to day preparations and joyous celebrations and how i wish we have one here in our place…
…you have very rich and good traditions in your place…
…my son loves to study cultures and traditions of other countries…i may share this one to him…
Happy Diwali to you and your family!
..and yes, i’ve added you to my blog roll…please drop by my site and i wanna join this Linky Love of yours…
And Happy Diwali to you, too! Any holiday that celebrates the triumph of good over evil is my kind of celebration…
Happy Diwali Shraddha. So rightly put “To celebrate the inner light that lies with in us all”…Namastey.
Thanks for the lovely wishes Shraddha and wish u the same too
Happy Diwali! I never knew what it was before today. Very interesting.
happy dewali..
Happy Diwali to you!^^
Nice photos, by the way.
I learnt a lot from this… wonderful post! P.S: I have followed you
Have a happy diwali
Wonderful poem to celebrate this delightful holiday. Great stuff. Good and evil simply are. And then there are our choices….
Thank you for sharing details of Diwali. It sounds like a wonderful celebration. I especially like your photographs. They compliment the writing quit well.
Wishing you a very Happy Bhai Dooj..
Loved learning more about Diwali … celebrating the light of life … wonderful!
This is SO great! I have only begun to notice Diwali on the ‘nets and was wondering what it was. (I should never admit any of that nowadays, should I!). I enjoyed how you wrote it and illustrated it.
Happy Diwali! I know its almost getting over but as they say better late than never
hope you had a great festival..
Happy Diwali! What a wonderful way to enjoy life!
Have a great diwali…wishing you happiness all your life!
Ignore my previous question. Hadn’t yet dived deeper. Fantastic!
happy diwali shradha
may you and your family have a prosperous year ahead
Happy Diwali!!! I learned a lot! Beautiful pictures and images to go along with beautiful words. Thank you~
Thank you for sharing this wonderful celebration with us. I wish you a Happy Diwali!!
Happy Deepavali!!
to U !! ..