What does Diwali actually mean and what is its real purpose
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What is a Diwali and Why do we celebrate the Diwali festival

Many historians are of the opinion that in ancient times man used to express his happiness to others by playing drums to celebrate his happiness but when a person of high rank was successful his happiness was celebrated by lighting ghee lamps.

The festival of Diwali started here. All this has changed in the modern age as Diwali is celebrated today with big firecrackers and expensive lights.

According to Hindu history, the tradition of Diwali tells that when Sri Ram Chandra reached Ayodhya on this day after 14 years of slavery and killed his Sri Lankan KingRavana in battle, people lit lamps in their homes to celebrate the day. Known as Diwali.

It goes without saying that the history behind Diwali teaches us to stay away from arrogance and evil, but in today’s society where arrogant people with religious and racist bigotry oppress the poor.

And similarly, many people use large firecrackers to cause anxiety for patients and to cause respiratory and skin diseases in others. On the other hand, many rich people spend a lot of money in vain, but when it comes to paying wages, they argue with the poor.

In the same way many people spread unrest in the society by drinking alcohol and fighting. What is the significance of this Diwali principle for them? Although Diwali is considered to be the victory of good over evil, in today’s world many politicians and high officials take advantage of their compulsion to take valuable gifts from their subordinates.

It is also seen that in many big houses leftover sweets etc. are thrown on the rubbish heaps but no one is helped whereas there are crores of people in our country who have even two bites of bread. . There is no luck.

These rich people spend a lot of money on Diwali by having expensive parties in big restaurants and leaving a lot of food here as the ego of wealth, but no poor and hungry stomach comes to mind. It is fun for them to do so, while according to statistics, more than 200 million people in our country go to bed hungry every night.

The children of the extremely poor and slum dwellers long for the joys of Diwali and most of them are seen looking for unsalted crackers and unsalted sweets on the rubbish heaps in the streets of the rich to fill their stomachs in the early morning after Diwali. .

Doesn’t this whole scenario show that the big claims made by our leaders for development, poverty alleviation and a clean India are more or less true as India is starving in 107 countries of the world?

It is ranked 92nd in the world. Seeing all this, how can we call Diwali a symbol of victory of good over evil but it can be called victory of good over evil.

Diwali lamps are lit every year, then why is it getting dark?

A Diwali in which instead of giving true knowledge, equality and justice to the society around us, people are spreading the darkness of egoism, capitalism, poverty, corruption and superstition and wasting millions of crores of rupees and spreading poisonous firecracker pollution. . , Then how to call it Diwali.

Similarly in our society today the darkness of ignorance, illiteracy, poverty-rich gap, unemployment, rape and other crimes is increasing day by day, so it is natural to say that ‘

To overcome all this, the real light can be spread in the society only with the lamps of equality, justice, knowledge and mutual understanding.

The rich should also give up extravagance and live in slums and other poor children should be given some food or other necessities to brighten their lives on Diwali.

The worship we do on Diwali night to please Mother Lakshmi is bigger than that. At the same time, the poor should not imitate the rich and celebrate Diwali in a simple way, avoiding wasteful spending and debt. They should not go bankrupt in public.

Of course, a few days before Diwali, people clean and paint their houses, which creates an atmosphere of cleanliness in our lives. People who sweeten each other’s mouths are also a symbol of mutual understanding.

However, some people misuse the sangat atmosphere on this occasion, such as playing loud DJs late into the night to celebrate illegally. It is difficult for passersby to light and fire crackers in the common streets, which sometimes leads to quarrels.

Similarly, as Diwali approaches, sweets and crackers traders are also getting caught up in various scams. As a result, some conscious people have started using fruits or other foods instead of sweets, which everyone should imitate.

Diwali is also closely associated with Sikh history as Diwali is celebrated as the day of release on which Guru Hargobind reached the Golden Temple with 52 kings after his release from the Gwalior fort. And fireworks are also set off while some historians say that the Guru’s enlightenment day takes place several days after Diwali.

By the way, it is a good idea to associate the sangats visiting the Golden Temple and other gurdwaras with religious teachings on this day, but not if a large number of firecrackers and fireworks are not used to spread pollution from the religious places of worship.

That is why we should support social activists who celebrate pollution free and green Diwali and become human lamps to illuminate knowledge and awareness. These are the people who really deserve Diwali greetings.

So today it is very important for us to take a vow to stop this festival of lights from being filled with smoke and pollution day by day. In the same way, one should avoid the darkness of……..continue reading