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Diwali (English: / d ɪ ˈ w ɑː l iː /), also known as Deepavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī), [4] is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions. [a] It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance".
Diwali is a five-day religious festival. The main festival day falls on a different date each autumn, timed to the Hindu lunar calendar, but it usually falls in October or November. In 2023 ...
Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2][3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya -king Bali (Mahabali) to earth. Balipratipada falls in the Gregorian calendar months of October or November.
Diwali, Diwali (Jainism), Bandi Chhor Divas, Swanti, Sohrai, Bandna. Tihar (also known as Deepawali and Yamapanchak) is a five-day Hindu festival of Diwali celebrated in Nepal and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Gorkhaland (particularly the towns of Darjeeling and Kalimpong), which host a large number of ethnic Indian Gorkhas.
Diwali. The festival of lights, ... 2025. Navratri – Dussehra – Durga Puja. The legend behind the Navratri festival is related to Lord Rama’s triumph over Mahishasura, a demonic entity. (The ...
Vijayādaśamī (विजयादशमी) is a compound of the two words vijaya (विजय, 'victory') [ 16 ] and daśamī (दशमी, 'tenth day'), [ 17 ] connoting the festival on the tenth day celebrating the victory of good over evil. [ 1 ][ 9 ][ 18 ] The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in ...
So it is known as Deepavali or Diwali. Jains are forbidden to burst crackers. [4] On Diwali morning, Nirvan Ladoo is offered after praying to Lord Mahavira in all Jain temples all across the world. Gautam Gandhar Swami, the chief disciple of Lord Mahavira achieved omniscience (Kevala Gyan) later the same day.
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying concept ...