Diwali Day 1
Today november 13 th 2012 marks the beginning of the 5 days of diwali.
Diwali day 1. The festival of lights deepawali is the biggest and the brightest of all hindu festivals. As per the hindu epic ramayana diwali is the day when lord rama goddess sita lakshmana and hanuman returned to ayodhya after spending 14 years in forests. D w l i.
It is in fact the thirteenth lunar day of krishna paksh the dark forthnight of the month of kartik. Goddess lakshmi the goddess of good fortune and prosperity is the primary deity worshiped during diwali. Diwali or deepawali 2020.
The first day of diwali. The corresponding dates in the gregorian calendar usually fall in late october and november the name is derived from the sanskrit term dipavali meaning row of lights which are lit on the new moon night to invite the presence of lakshmi the goddess of wealth. The first day november 12 2020 is known as dhanteras or dhanatrayodashi.
The 1st day of diwali vasu baras is dedicated to the worship of cows. This day is also known as govatsa dwadashi or vasubaras or nandini vrat. On dhanteras lakshmi the goddess of wealth is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being.
Diwali also spelled divali one of the major religious festivals in hinduism lasting for five days from the 13th day of the dark half of the lunar month ashvina to the second day of the light half of karttika. People gather to release sky lanterns in celebration of diwaliindias five day festival of lightsin the town of raiganj in west bengal on october 27 2019. The name comes from the root word dhan or wealth.
One of the most popular festivals of hinduism diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. The first day of diwali is called dhanvantari triodasi or dhanwantari triodasi also called dhan theras. Dhanteras day 1 of diwali.
The first day of the diwali is known as dhanteras or dhantrayodashi which falls on the 13 th day of the month ashvin according to the hindu calendar. Dipavali or divali is the indian festival of lights usually lasting five days and celebrated during the hindu lunisolar month kartika between mid october and mid november. Dhanteras is the first day of celebration of the five day long festival of diwali.
This day marks the beginning of deepawali celebrations. Each day has a special significance as follows. Cows are worshiped by every hindu as god and we consider them to be at the top of living organisms in terms of the existence of god.
The festival isnt celebrated in kerala though. Lakshmi puja is also known as kojagari lakshmi puja or bengali lakshmi puja which may fall on saturday 31st oct 2020. It is also the day for celebrating wealth as the word dhan literally means wealth and tera comes from the date 13th.