Even the humblest of huts will be lighted by a row of earthen lamps.
Crackers resound and light up the earth and the sky.
The faces of boys and girls flow with a rare charm in their dazzling hues and colours. The radiant sight of everybody adorned with new and bright clothes, especially ladies decorated with the best of ornaments, captures the social mood at its happiest. The buildings are whitewashed and painted in beautiful colours of variety, launching a new spirit in life. Traditionally, it is essential to bathe on this day 'Narak Chaturdashi' before sunrise. It is said whoever bathes after sunrise loses all merits of his good deeds of the year.