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The Hindu Festival of Lights: Diwali
Diwali is an auspicious occasion in the Indian culture and everyone celebrates this festival of lights with their loved ones. The most popular Indian festival, Diwali is celebrated throughout the country with zeal, pomp, and fervor. The streets are beautifully decorated with lights, paper lanterns, Diyas, and candles that are a sign of the inception of the festivities. With the marketplace getting crowded, people begin festive shopping and get involved in religious activities before five days.
Because there are lots of Indians living abroad, this festival of lights is not just limited to the Indian sub-continent, people celebrate it all over the world. Most states like Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, Texas, and others in the U.S. celebrate the whole month of October as the Hindu heritage month. Lots of people in Canada, especially the Punjabi community, are known for their grand festivities in the area during this festival.
The increasing number of Indians are spreading the knowledge of Indian culture, and our rich heritage. They represent the festive spirit of positivity, warmth, togetherness, and moral values. No matter where we are, festivals keep us connected to our roots.
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When is Diwali celebrated?
It is celebrated on the new moon (Amavasya) or on the fifteenth day of the Karthik month every year. Being a religious festival, it marks the return of Lord Rama from fourteen years of exile (Vanvas) with Sita and Laxman as per the Hindu epic Ramayana. It symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. People worship Goddess Lakshmi along with Lord Ganesh and Goddess Saraswati at this festival for positivity, wealth, prosperity, and well-being.
The Five Day long festivities
The grandeur of this festival lasts for five days or more. It begins with Dhanteras and ends on Bhai Dooj.
- First Day:
Dhanteras is celebrated two days prior to Diwali and people usually start the preparation for the festival from this day. They clean their homes and do some festive shopping for good fortune. Dhanteras is considered an auspicious occasion to buy expensive items like clothes, furniture, electronics, or jewelry.
People can buy gold coins with Goddess Laxmi engraved on them. Mobile phones, laptops, kitchen, and home appliances are sold the most on this occasion. Indians wait for this day a whole year to buy something special as the things bought on Dhanteras are believed to bring good luck and prosperity.
- Second Day:
After the cleaning and the shopping, it is time for decorating the homes with Diyas, lights, and Rangoli. It is also the day prior to the main festival, Diwali. Hence, sometimes it is also called Choti Diwali. The local markets in India are lined up with lots of beautiful decor items and people enjoy street shopping.
Indians in foreign countries miss the whole experience of street shopping, street foods, and the charm of the festive season. But, they can still get the same warm feeling of the festive season with the products bought from India. E-commerce sites like Amazon.in, and Flipkart offer great deals during Diwali sales.
- Third Day:
It is the day of the main festival, Diwali. People distribute sweets, worship Goddess Laksmi, and do other religious activities. Lots of delicious sweets, mouth-watering dishes are prepared on this day. Some even buy delicious sweets and mouth-watering snacks from the local market.
Later, the festivities are followed by the bursting of crackers and scintillating fireworks in the sky. Everyone in the neighborhood celebrates the festival together symbolizing the true meaning of Indian festivals.
- Fourth Day:
The first day after Diwali marks the first day of the new year. People visit their friends and relatives to wish them season’s greetings with gifts and sweets. Everyone exchange warm wishes to welcome the Hindu new year.
- Fifth Day:
On the fifth day, people celebrate ‘Bhai Dooj’. It is the festival of brothers and sisters. The sister receives gifts from her brother. Clothes, accessories, makeup, skincare, watches, books, shoes, and jewelry makes for the best present for a sister. Indian shopping sites offer these things at great discounts during the festive season.
How to shop for Diwali?
The buzz in the market is worth seeing during the festive season in India. Most of the online shopping portals offer huge discounts on mobile phones, kitchen appliances, clothes, home decor, and a lot of other categories. People shop a lot during these sales.
Most of the NRIs find it difficult to shop for Indian stuff due to the unavailability of genuine Indian products. While online shopping is great, most Indian shopping sites do not offer international delivery. For ordering something from Indian sites, people have to use a third-party forwarding service from India.
Shoppre delivers your order from Indian sites worldwide. It makes it easier for the people living abroad to get genuine things at an affordable shipping rate within 3-6 days. So anyone who wants to do Diwali shopping from India, should take advantage of the ongoing sales and shop for everything they want.