Favorite Festival – Diwali

Last Updated on October 21, 2020

Favorite Festival – Diwali :

• Diwali is my favorite festival. It is called the festival of lights.
• Diwali is celebrated every year in the month of October or November.
• It is a festival of joy and happiness.
• We celebrate Diwali at home by lighting crackers, divas, and distributing sweets to everyone.
• Diwali festival symbolizes the victory of God over evil.

Favorite Festival – Diwali : (Short Essay)

Diwali is an Indian Hindu festival celebrated every year in the month of October or November. According to Hindu calendar, the festival falls on the new moon day in the month of Kartika. It is an auspicious festival celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the country. It is the festival of lights. The celebration starts few days ahead of the Diwali day with crackers and sweets. You can see lights everywhere in every house. Diyas and crackers are kept in every home and everyone from children to elders enjoy the festival. Diwali marks the death of evil man Ravana, killed by Lord Rama. It is considered as the day when good succeeded the evil.

I love Diwali festival because the day is filled with lights and I love burning crackers and lighting diyas. We wear new clothes early morning after taking oil bath. The day has so many sweets and delicacies prepared at home. All the shops and markets are decorated with lights. Everyone light candles, lamps, and divas in their homes. People worship Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on this day praying for good wealth, prosperity and fortune. Diwali is not a single day celebration. Preparations for the festival starts a month ago itself. We clean our houses to let goddess Lakshmi visit our house to provide good fortune and wealth. We also prepare sweets, light diyas, and burn crackers. Everyone loves celebrating Diwali because it brings happiness to the hearts and makes relationships grow closer.

Favorite Festival – Diwali : (Brief Essay)

India is a country celebrating many festivals. Among Hindu festivals, Diwali or Deepavali is one of the biggest festivals for Hindus. It is the festival of light. It is a festival celebrated the honor our own culture and tradition. This auspicious day is celebrated with happiness and lights all over India. The festival falls in the month of October or November and according to Hindu calendar, it comes in the month of Kartika on a new moon day.

Diwali is celebrated as a mark of victory of Lord Rama, on his return to Ayodhya after his exile of 14 years, over the evil Ravana. The festival is the symbol of victory of goodness over evil. Rama’s triumph over Ravana is celebrated with happiness and enthusiasm throughout the country. The lighting of diyas and burning crackers symbolizes the prosperity at home. According to folklore tradition, diyas were illuminated in the houses to welcome Lord Rama to his own land. To commemorate the day, everything on the day is decorated with lights. This gives a lush festive look.

Diwali is my favorite festival because on this day whole India is covered up with lights and we enjoy a lot by burning firecrackers, eating sweets and wearing new clothes. The celebrations start a week before the day and people start preparing sweets and clean their houses to decorate it for the festival. We make colorful rangolis in front of our house on this day to welcome the Goddess home. It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi will visit every home on this day to bring fortune, wealth, and prosperity.

I love celebrating Diwali as we buy firecrackers and burn them in the night and enjoy with our family and friends. We eat and distribute a lot of sweets and delicious food and exchange gifts to each other. On this day, it is a beauty to see the sky. It will look splendid with crackers. Thus, Diwali, the day of lights, is my favorite festival as it signifies the triumph of goodness.