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Deepavali – Festival of lights-by Thulasi Muttulingam Source:Sundayobserver The Hindu festival of lights, Deepavali is round the corner. It falls this year on Thursday, October 31. Deepavali in Sanskrit translates to rows of lit lamps – and that’s how it is celebrated across most of the Indian subcontinent. Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus are slightly different however. We reserve the rows of lamps for the festival of Karthigai Deepam, which follows soon after. Some Sri Lankan Hindu households however, have begun to celebrate it in the Indian style now. Light over darkness It is a festival celebrating the advent of light over darkness. According to local Hindu Lore, the demon king Narakasura was wrecking hell on earth and heaven. As his name indicates, he was known as the Asura (Demon) from Naraka (Hell). He had won a boon from God that none but his own mother could kill him. His mother ...

Oct 28, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Cultural festivals empower ethnic, religious harmony: President Source:Ceylontoday Deepavali festival is a cultural celebration where the devotees extend wishes of enlightenment and share greetings with love and compassion.  “In my view, cultural festivals of this nature provide great opportunity to build communal reconciliation and mutual understanding among the people and empower ethnic and religious harmony”, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. ...

Nov 17, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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    Deepavali Celebration has gone Global !!! – By Vasu Vasudevan Deepavali (or Diwali) is one of the most popular festivals celebrated mostly by Hindus. Deepavali falls in Autumn on the new moon day in the Tamil month of Aippasi. This is a very colourful festival for the millions of people of Indian origin living all over the world as it unites people of different regions and ethnicity to pass the message of peace. There are many legends underlying the reason for the celebration and they all have one powerful message which is the destruction of Evil by Good. One such legend recounts the tale of Naragasuran, the demon who was killed by Lord Krishna. When Naragasuran was dying, he prayed to Lord that people need to celebrate the day to signify the triumph of Good over Evil. In every house, Deepavali or the festival of lights as it ...

Oct 5, 2019 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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