Diwali
Fri, Nov 01
|All Day
Diwali or Deepawali, known as the “festival of lights,” is usually celebrated in October or November, and is on October 31 this year. Lasting over five days, the holiday is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs worldwide.
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Nov 01, 2024, 12:00 AM
All Day
About the event
The beauty of Diwali is that it is not limited to the celebration of just one historical event. Each religion remembers different stories and historical events behind it. Hindus honor the return of their religious deities Sita and Rama to Ayodhya, following an exile of 14 years. The day when Goddess Mother Durga destroyed the demon Mahisha is also celebrated. The festival of lights also honors the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the form of Ramachandra.
Sikhs also celebrate the release of their sixth guru, Hargobind Singh, from prison in 1619. Remarkably, the foundation stone of the holiest place for Sikhs, the Golden Temple of Amritsar, was embedded in 1577 on Diwali. For Jains, Lord Mahavira, the founder of their religion, called Jainism, reached the state of Nirvana or Moksha on the occasion of Diwali.
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