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A very Happy Deepavali to all those who celebrates it.

Diwali or Dīpāvali (Sanskrit: a row of lamps), the most colourful Indian festival, is celebrated on the Kartika Amavasya or New Moon, which falls during October/November. This year it is on the 17th October, 2009

Diwali as we call it today comes from the Sanskrit word Deepavali meaning garland of lights. There are many legends and important events associated with this highly auspicious day. Hence it is said that any Pooja, mantra japa or stotra recital on this day gives 100 times more benefits. Actually it is a 5 day festival with each day having its own legend, customes and rituals.

Religiously celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains. Other Indians celebrate the cultural aspects.

Diwali marks the end of the harvest season in most of India and Nepal

The story of Diwali for the Sikhs is a story of the Sikh struggle for freedom.

Mahavira is responsible for establishing the Dharma followed by Jains even today. According to tradition, the chief disciple of Mahavira, Ganadhara Gautam Swami also attained complete knowledge (Kevalgyana) on this day, thus making Diwali one of the most important Jain festivals.

For more info about Deepavali:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

Anyways, there's so many legends but basically most of it got something to do about Victory and Lights.

While Diwali is popularly known as the "festival of lights", the most significant spiritual meaning is "the awareness of the inner light".


Random thoughts now:
OK anyways, this sort of reminded me of how Christians are called to be salt and LIGHT and I also am reminded that Jesus Christ is the LIGHT of the world.

The word LIGHT has a variety of meaning but basically Light reveals something and LIGHT is a positive character...