tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817507620967104492019-01-13T01:31:26.683-08:00EventsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81750762096710449.post-65038430531054985672018-05-17T14:43:00.001-07:002018-05-17T22:26:21.683-07:00Diwali <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Diwali Celebration</i></span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"> </b></span></h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Diwali is a great festival of lights celebrated with great rejoices in India. A festival of happiness, Diwali is celebrated by people of all cultures in India. Historically celebrated by Hindus generations after generations, Diwali indicates the victory of good over evil. Diwali falls in the month of October or November each year, based on different Hindu calendar dates. On this auspicious day, the whole country remains brightly lit with non-stop fireworks throughout the day night. Lamps, knows as diyas in Hindi are lit outside each home in the evening. People wear new cloths; make prayer offerings to God for well-being, prepare and exchange sweets within each other on Diwali with great delightfulness.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Why do we celebrate Diwali?</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tTxbfn7rG78/Wv3snxpmLuI/AAAAAAAAHQ4/PpLsSt5qHUApyzrT9yA1Joy3SHpmjJkewCEwYBhgL/s1600/5c265cd750e64faea091f9dc3702f925_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1200" height="169" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tTxbfn7rG78/Wv3snxpmLuI/AAAAAAAAHQ4/PpLsSt5qHUApyzrT9yA1Joy3SHpmjJkewCEwYBhgL/s320/5c265cd750e64faea091f9dc3702f925_8.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Diwali is called the Festival of Lights and is celebrated to honor Rama-chandra, the seventh avatar (incarnation of the god Vishnu). It is believed that on this day Rama returned to his people after 14 years of exile during which he fought and won a battle against the demons and the demon king, Ravana.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>How do we celebrate Diwali at home</b>?</span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V83ZqTm-zhU/Wv3wLAadcpI/AAAAAAAAHRY/AesC7VYwNWE9FCyszuS18X6wD0V65Ju7wCEwYBhgL/s1600/diwali-sky-lantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1067" height="159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V83ZqTm-zhU/Wv3wLAadcpI/AAAAAAAAHRY/AesC7VYwNWE9FCyszuS18X6wD0V65Ju7wCEwYBhgL/s320/diwali-sky-lantern.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lFqxNpRJWXI/Wv3zABEpPEI/AAAAAAAAHRo/ZUdoknPpdHk0qerPuseT0LF0NkphDR5XACEwYBhgL/s1600/Diwali-in-Guyana-1118360012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></a><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cross the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>What is Deepavali for kids?</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Meet the kids celebrating Diwali. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is the most popular of all the festivals from South Asia. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning "rows of lighted lamps". Houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called diyas.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qOwW3rWoOy4/Wv3tD6q8-FI/AAAAAAAAHRA/5x-aj-r9fcg_pXuHZ8otWrWA4ScHCZERgCEwYBhgL/s1600/00-FB-Share-Pic12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1520" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qOwW3rWoOy4/Wv3tD6q8-FI/AAAAAAAAHRA/5x-aj-r9fcg_pXuHZ8otWrWA4ScHCZERgCEwYBhgL/s1600/00-FB-Share-Pic12.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0