Diwali Festival – Mumbai | Celebrating Diwali Festival Of Lights (Pictures)

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Diwali Kandils (Large Image)	Diwali Diva’s (Large Image)
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About Diwali / Dipavali Festival Celebration

Celebrating Diwali in Mumbai is a unique experience as this festival Comes Somewhere in Mid of November, with beautiful Cold Climate getting Joy, peace and Sweetness in Mumbai people. It is one of the Unique and famous festival in Mumbai because Its very colorful everywhere from the Door Steps to the Sky. This Festival is Celebrated commonly by every Hindu Community like Gujarati, Punjabi, Maharastrians, South Indians and Any community said.

It is called the festival of lights and Colors as you will find most of the places with new lights and bright colors, just for example When you get to a family celebrating Diwali, you will find the Color of celebration right from the Wall which is newly painted mostly in Diwali, ‘Rangoli‘ (A Beautiful painting on Door steps, drawn only with Colors and not like our usual paper work) on the Door steps, Decorations of Diwali with Lighting and Small Blinking Bulbs on the Door, A ‘CANDIL / KANDIL‘ a fancy lamp having electric bulbs on every door steps and also on most of the windows seens from the public walking roads etc, to the Crackers spreading light at night with wonderful colours and Spark in air, ‘varandas’, Terrace etc.

Its feels really good to get all this things together with a spiritual god worship and Holy Positive vibrations all over Mumbai and other parts of India.

Details and Meaning of TEN DAYS festival Rituals

Day 1 : ‘VAGH BARAS’ which is a day to clear all financial of the year according to Hindu community belief and repeating all financial debts to get ready for fresh new beginning.

Day 2 : Next Comes ‘DHAN TERAS’ a Wealth and Money Worship day, when ‘Laxmi Pooja’ is Done and All the local market business prays for more wealth and money in Business all over Mumbai and in India.

Day 3 : Then is ‘DIWALI (DIPAWALI)’ the day of celebration with Lights and Sweets. In Ancient times as Electricity was not available, people use to light fire ‘DIVA’ which is a small round cup kind of thing in which oil and cotton was used to fire and enlight it. Even Now that beautiful ritual is followed in many homes, keeping ‘DIYAS / DIVAS’ on Rangoli made. And very Next Day is NEW YEAR DAY after Diwali day for Hindus.

Day 4 : Next is ‘BHAI BEEJ’, very next day after Diwali when all sisters pray and Meet there brothers and offers varieties of Food.

Day 5 : Then Comes ‘LABH PACHAM’ they day when all local businesses starts again, a fresh new business deals starts on this day as it was completely stopped for last 3 days for ‘DHAN TERAS’ and ‘VAGH BARAS’ till DIWALI DAY.

Finally on 10th day after ‘Labh Pacham’, day comes known as ‘DEV DIWALI‘ Celebration (DEV means ‘GOD’), which means DIWALI CELEBRATED BY GOD. This day is Typically known as ‘TULSI VIVAH’ Marriage of a very well known Plant ‘TULSI’ with some mythological story behind it.

Diwali Videos

People all around Go at Each Others home wishing everyone ‘Happy Diwali’ and ‘Happy new year’ for the festive season.