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Diwali Real Meaning
According to Hinduism Encompass Ramayana, many people know Deepawali as a respect for the return of Lord Rama and wife Sita and their brother Lakshman after 14 years of exile.  According to other ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata, some Deepawali After 12 years of exile and 1 year of ignorance, they believe in the symbol of the return of Pandavas. Many Hindus consider Deepawali to be associated with Lord Vishnu's wife and Goddess Lakshmi of festive, wealth and prosperity. Deepawali's five-day festival starts with the birth day of Goddess Lakshmi, born of the churning of cosmic ocean of milk by deities and demons. The night of Deepawali is the day when Lakshmi chose Vishnu as her husband and then married her. Ganesha symbolizes Lakshmi as well as to overcome the devotees obstacles; Saraswati, the symbol of music, literature; And the money manager offers offerings to Kuber [Some celebrate Deepawali as a day of return in Vishnu's Vaikuntha. It is believed that on this day Lakshmi is happy and those who worship her on that day, she is far away from mental and physical afflictions during the year ahead.

Other parts of the world

Deepawali is celebrated especially with the Hindu, Jain and Sikh communities throughout the world. These include Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Canada, United Arab Emirates, and United States of america. Due to the understanding of Indian culture and the global migration of people of Indian origin, the number of countries who consider Diwali are increasing gradually. In some countries it is celebrated primarily by the Indian immigrants, in other places it is becoming a part of the general local culture. In most of these countries, Diwali is celebrated on the same pattern as described in this article with some minor changes, but some important variations are worth mentioning.

In Nepal

Deepawali is known as "Tihar" or "Swanti". This is celebrated in India with Deepawali for a period of five days. But there are variations from India in traditions. On the first day, on Kori Tihar, the kau is given the prasad due to the recognition of being the angel of God. On the second day on Kukur Tihar, dogs are given food for their honesty. After Cork and Kukur Tihar, cow and bull are decorated in cow, tihar and gauru tihar. On the third day, Lakshmi Puja is performed. According to this Nepal Samvat, this is the last day of the year, on this day merchants cleared all their accounts and finished them. Before Lakshmi Puja, the house is cleaned and decorated; On the day of Lakshmi Puja, oil grains are lit to the doors and windows. The fourth day is celebrated as the new year. Cultural parades and other ceremonies are also celebrated on this day. The fifth and final day are called "brother vaccines", meet brothers and sisters, worn each other and pray for good. The vaccine is placed on the forehead. Brother gives gifts to his sisters and flows them to feed.

Malaysia

Deepawali is a federal public holiday in Malaysia. Even here, it is largely celebrated with the traditions of the Indian subcontinent. The 'Open Houses' are organized by Malaysian Hindus (Tamil, Telugu and Malayali) in which welcome Malaysians from different castes and religions in their home for food are welcomed. The festival of Diwali in Malaysia has become an opportunity for religious goodwill and friendly relations between Malaysia's religious and ethnic groups.

Singapore

This is an annual festival for Hindus in Singapore, decorating Diwali in Little India. Deepawali is a gazetted public holiday. It is celebrated mainly by the minority Indian community (Tamil), it is usually marked by light-ups by the Indian community, in small Indian districts. Apart from this, other activities such as markets, exhibitions, parades and music are also included in the area of ​​Little India. Along with the Government of Singapore, the Hindu Endowment Board of Singapore organizes many cultural programs during this celebration.

Sri Lanka

This festival is celebrated by the Tamil community as a public holiday in this island country. On this day, people usually take a bath with oil in the morning, new clothes are worn, gifts are given, coils (Hindu temples) for Pusai (worship). Burning crackers on the evening of the festival is a common practice. In order to remove all the evils from the house for blessings and forever for the sake of Hindus, Goddess Lakshmi of the wealth is invited by burning the oil. Apart from celebrating in Sri Lanka, sports, fireworks, singing and dance, and banquets are organized.

Beyond Asia

Diwali fireworks in Melbourne.

Australia

In Melbourne, Australia, Deepawali is publicly celebrated between the people of Indian origin and the local people. On Federation Square, Deepawali has been adopted by the Victorian population and mainstream enthusiastically. Celebrate India Inc had started Deepawali celebrations at the prestigious Federation Square in Melbourne in 2006. Now this ceremony has become part of the Melbourne Art Calendar, and this festival is celebrated in the city for more than a week.

Last year more than 56,000 people had visited Federation Square on the last day of the ceremony, and enjoying the diverse range of Indian cuisine with gorgeous live music, traditional art, craft and dance and great fireworks on the Yara River (en: yarra river). took.

Many prestigious buildings, including the Victorian Parliament, Melbourne Museum, Federation Square, Melbourne Airport and the Indian Consulate, are decorated more this week. Along with that, many outdoor dances are performed. This incident of Deepawali regularly attracts organizations and artists like National Organizations AFL, Cricket Australia, White Ribbon, Melbourne Airport. It displays the Indian community as a huge event by a team of volunteers and their involvement and contribution.

Due to the number of people arriving in a week's time during this festival alone, Diwali is recognized as the biggest celebration in Australia on Federation Square.

On Australian External Territory, on Christmas Island, Deepawali is recognized as a public holiday, along with other local festivals in many islands of Australia and Malaysia.

United States of america

Events and festivals of Diwali are organized in many cities in the United States. Above: an event in San
Antonio, Texas. Diwali was first celebrated in the White House in 2003 and it was officially granted by former President George Walker Bush by the United States Congress in 2007. Barack Obama in 2009, personally in Diwali at the White House The participants became the first President. On the eve of his first visit to India as President of the United States, Obama issued an official statement to distribute the best wishes of Diwali.

At the Cowboy Stadium in 2009, the Diwali Fair claimed the presence of 100,000 people. In 2009, San Antonio became the first American city to sponsor an official Diwali celebration including fireworks; In 2012, more than 15,000 people took part. In 2011 New York City, in Pierre, which is now operated by the Tata Group's Taj Hotel, organized its first Diwali celebration. United States There are about 3 lakh Hindus in America.

Indians celebrate Diwali with great enthusiasm in the UK. People decorate and clean their homes with lamps and candles. Diya is a type of famous candle. People also share sweet sweets like laddoo and barfi, and people from different communities gather for a religious festival and participate in it. It is also a great opportunity to contact the family in India and possibly exchange of gifts.

Acceptance of the festival of Deepawala as the consciousness is appreciated for more non-Hindu citizens of the broad British and on this occasion they celebrate Hindu religion. Celebrating this festival of Hindus throughout the whole of Britain brings the opportunity of understanding the various cultures to the rest of the community. During the last decade, national and citizen such as Prince Charles (en: Charles of Prince of Wales) Leaders have participated in some of the major Hindu temples, such as the Swaminarayan Temple located in Neasden, UK, to celebrate the Diwali festival, and to commend the contribution of the Hindu community for British life. They used this opportunity. In the year 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Diwali and Hindu New Year, joined the thousands of devotees in the BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Neasden to commemorate Annakut festival. Since 2009, Diwali is being celebrated every year on the British Prime Minister's residence, 10 Downing Street. The annual festival, starting by Gordon Brown and continuing by David Cameron, is one of the most anticipated events hosted by the British Prime Minister.

Leicester (en: Leicester) plays host to some of the largest Diwali celebrations outside India.

New zealand

In New Zealand, Deepawali is celebrated publicly among many of the cultural groups of South Asian expatriates. A large group in New Zealand believes Diwali, a member of the Indo-Fijian communities which are migrated and settled there. Diwali was held in 2003, after an official reception, on New Zealand Parliament. Diwali is celebrated by Hindus. The festival symbolizes the triumph of light on darkness, justice on injustice, evil over ignorance and good on intelligence. Lakshmi Mata is worshiped. Lakshmi Mata is the goddess of light, wealth and beauty. Barfi and Prasad are special foods of Diwali.

Fiji

In Fiji, Deepawali is a public holiday and this religious festival is celebrated together by Hindus (which constitute about one-third of Fiji's population), and culturally participate among Fiji's race members. And it comes a lot of time after year once in a year. It was originally celebrated by the indentured laborers imported from the Indian subcontinent during British rule in the then Colony of Fiji during the 19th century; as the wishes of the government, the three largest religions of Fiji, i.e., Christianity, Hinduism and Islam It was founded in 1970 as a holiday on freedom for the establishment of a separate religious public holiday of each of them.

In Fiji, Deepawali is often opposed by the Indian community as a celebration of Diwali celebrations in India, incidents related to fireworks and Deepawali are done at least one week before the start of the day. . Another feature of this is that the cultural festival of Deepawali (different from its traditional religious festival), where Muslims along with Fijians Indian origin or Indo-Fijians, Hindu, Christian, Sikh or other cultural groups also have friends at one time in Fiji Celebrate Deepawali as a sign of meeting with the family and the beginning of the holiday season in Fiji. On the business side, Deepawali is a perfect time for many small sales and free advertising items. The Diwali celebration in Fiji has taken on a distinct nature of the ceremony on the subcontinent, distinctly from its own.

Deepavali is a symbol of this time, for the ceremony, new and special clothes, along with dressing in saris and other Indian clothes, and buying among the cultural groups, and cleaning it a few days ago. Clean the houses and burn oil lamps or lamps. Using decorative colorful lights, candles and paper lanterns, as well as religious symbols, form a colorful array of colors and chalk out of color and make them around the house. An invitation letter made for family, friends and neighbors and homes is open. Gifts are made and prayer or worship is performed by the Hindus. Dessert and vegetables dishes are often eaten during this time and fireworks are lit from Diwali two days before and after.

Africa

Mauritius

This is an official public holiday in the African-Hindu majority Mauritius.

Reunion

In Réunion, a quarter of the total population is of Indian origin and it is celebrated by the Hindus.

Deepavali

Rangoli

On Diwali day, fairs are held at different places in India. Deepawali is not a day festival, but a group of festivals. Deepawali preparations are started after Dussehra. People wear new clothes. The festival of Dhanteras comes two days before Deepawali. On this day there is a crowd of people everywhere in the markets. Specialty decorations and crowds are seen on the shops of the kitchens. On the day of Dhanteras, it is considered auspicious to buy kitchenware, and every family is