Diwali In Mumbai

Diwali In Mumbai

Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated with great splendor in Mumbai. Mumbai looks beautiful during Diwali time. Diwali means meeting your relatives and near and dear ones. In Mumbai people buy new clothes. As Diwali days are auspicious people in Mumbai buy new homes, new vehicles. Heavy discounts are given on home appliances like refrigerator and washing machine in Mumbai. During Diwali Mumbai goes berserk with crackersIn Mumbai the Diwali festival begins with ‘ Vasubaras’. Vasubaras is celebrated in honor of cows. Married women carry out puja of cows. It is a symbol of Women’s appreciation towards cow. The first day of Diwali is Dhantrayodashi. On this day, ‘Yama-Deep-Dan’ is held. ‘Divas’ made of kneaded flour are ignited and offered to Yama in the evening. As they carry out this ritual, women pray to Yama that their children and husbands be blessed with an elongated life. Lord Yama according to Hindu mythology is considered as ‘God of Death’.Narak-Chaturdashi is the second day of this festival.

This day is celebrated as Narakasur’s death in the hands of Lord Krishna. On this day people wake up at dawn. Then body massage is done with scented oil. Instead of soap ‘utanah’ or ‘utane’ is used. On the third day there is Laxmi Pujan. The puja is performed in the evening. It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi makes a visit to every house on Diwali evening. In Mumbai many mouth-watering delicacies such as anarse, chivda, shankar-pale, karanji, kabodi, chirote, chakali, shev are prepared during festivals. People of Mumbai hang ‘Akash-Kandil’ in the balcony and lit up ‘pantis’ outside houses. People also draw colorful ‘Rangolis’ outside their house in Mumbai.Bhav-Bij is the last day of this festival. In Mumbai on this day sister perform ‘Aukshan’ of their brother and pray to God for brother’s long life. Brothers in turn give blessings and loads of gifts to their sisters.

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