Reasons why we celebrate Diwali

WHY DIWALI IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR Are you searching why we celebrate diwali ? yes then you are at the right page. here i will share 10 reasons why is diwali celebrated for 5 days ?. you will easily come to know the  reasons why is diwali important. All these information is true and story of diwali is really important in mythology.

It’s not just the festive mood in the air that makes you happy, or just that it's a good time to enjoy before the advent of winter. There are 10 mythical and historical reasons why DIWALI is a great time to celebrate. And there are good reasons not just for Hindus but also for all others to celebrate this great Festival of Lights.

1.Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of DIWALI with Lakshmi.


2. Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day (DIWALI day), Lord Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on DIWALI.

3. Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding DIWALI, Lord Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the DIWALI day as a victory festival.
4. The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic ‘Mahabharata’, it was ‘Kartik Amavashya’ when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling).
The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by lighting the earthen lamps.
5. The Victory of Rama: According to the epic ‘Ramayana’, it was the new moon day of Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita, and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.

6. Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya was coroneted on the DIWALI day, thus DIWALI became a historical event in addition.

7. big day for the Arya Samaj: it had been the phase of the moon day of Hindu calendar month (DIWALI day) once Maharshi Dayananda, one in all the best reformers of Hinduism and also the founding father of Arya Samaj earned his nirvana.

8. big day for the Jains: Mahavir Tirthankar, thought-about to be the founding father of trendy Jainism additionallyearned his nirvana on DIWALI day.

9. big day for the Sikhs: The third Sikh Guru Amar Das institutionalized DIWALI as a day once all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings. In 1577, the inspiration stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was ordered on DIWALI. In 1619, the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind, UN agency was command by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, was free from the Gwalior fort in conjunction with fifty two kings.

10. The Pope’s DIWALI Speech: In 1999, Pope John Paul II performed a special sacrament of the Eucharist in associate Indian church wherever the altar was embellished with DIWALI lamps, the Pope had a ‘tilak’ marked on his forehead and his speech setose with references to the pageant of sunshine.