Bhai Dooj

Bhai-Dooj

Bhai Dooj is a festival celebrated by Hindus on the last day of the five-day-long Diwali festival. This is the second day of the bright fortnight or Shukla Paksha of the Hindu month of Kartika. On this day, sisters pray for their brothers to have long and happy lives by performing the Tika ceremony, and brothers give gifts to their sisters.

History of Bhai-Dooj:

Legend says Yamraj, the God of Death visited his sister Yami on this particular day. She put the auspicious tilak on his forehead, garlanded him and fed him with special dishes. Together, they ate the sweets, talked and enjoyed themselves to their heart's content. While parting Yamraj gave her a special gift as a token of his love and in return Yami also gave him a lovely gift which she had made with her own hands. That day Yamraj announced that anyone who receives tilak from his sister will never be thrown. That is why this day of Bhai Duj is also known by the name of Yama Dwitiya

Bhai Dooj Celebration:

On the day of the festival, sisters invite their brothers for a sumptuous meal often including their favorite dishes. The whole ceremony signifies the duty of a brother to protect his sister, as well as a sister's blessings for her brother.
Carrying forward the ceremony in traditional style, sisters perform aarti for their brother and apply a red tika on the brother's forehead. This tika ceremony on the occasion of Bhai dooj signifies the sister's sincerest prayers for the long and happy life of her brother and treats him with gifts. In return brothers bless their sisters and treat them also with gifts or cash.

Diwali Diya Decoration

Diwali Diya:

Diwali is the festival of Lights. People are celebrating Diwali using decorating Diya and making lights at home. Diya is a Symbol of remove dark and spread lights, means removes darkness from our lives and comes with new lights, new energy in our life.

Here are the some sample decorative Diya .

Diwali Diya:

Image source : homeshop18.com

Celebrate Diwali Festival at Office

Diwali, which is also called Deepavali or Dipavali. Diwali is a Hindu festival. It also called as the festival of Lights. Diwali is the Five day festival so people are celebrate it in different ways.

Just as Christians regard Christmas as a special and important holiday, Diwali is a festival that has as much meaning for Hindus. Aside from Hinduism, other religions that celebrate this festival are Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Whatever your faith, you can join in the festivity that is "The Festival of Lights"

• Cubical / Cabin DecorationYou can have a cabin/cubicle decoration contest :Have teams work on it and see the results (you would be amazed how teams work together to get the best results out )
  Start this early, so that you can welcome the diwali spirit at office...

• Diya making or lightening competition: If you have an open area available on your premises and lighting festive Diyas wont be a problem, you could have a contest on lighting diyas and have teams work on it. The team lighting maximum diyas in given time will wins the competition.

DhanTeras - Festival of Wealth

Diwali Festival First Day is called as DhanTeras. People pray Goddess of Wealth 'Laxmi' on this day.
On Dhanteras, Lakshmi - the Goddess of wealth - is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being.
It is also the day for celebrating wealth, as the word 'Dhan' literally means wealth and 'Tera' comes from the date 13th (trayodashi in Sanskrit and Teras in Hindi). Business people are doing Chopda Puna on this special day and pray for Prosperous New Year and growth in business. Some Temples organised common puja at temple and business people are organize at temple for puja.
In the evening, the lamp is lit and Dhan-Lakshmi is welcomed into the house.
Rangoli designs are drawn on pathways including the goddess' footprints to mark the arrival of Lakshmi.
People go to the jewelers and buy gold or silver jewelry on the occasion of Dhanteras.

Many wear new clothes and wear jewelry as they light the first lamp of Diwal.

Goddess Laxmi:

Laxmiji : Source : http://www.santabanta.com/photos/goddess-laxmi/9111009.htm

Diwali Message - Diwali Wishes

Diwali - Dipawali Messages:

•  Wishing you a Happy Diwali

Wishing you a Happy Diwali and a prosperous new year

• May the auspicious

May the auspicious festival of lights

brighten every corner of ur world with

glamoring moment of HAPPINESS.

Wishing u n ur whole family a very happy diwali

•  A festival full of sweet

A festival full of sweet childhood memories,

sky full of fireworks,

mouth full of sweets,

house full of diyas and heart full of joy.

Wishing you all a very happy Diwali!

•  With gleam of Diyas

With gleam of Diyas

And the Echo of the Chants

May Happiness and Contentment Fill Your life

Wishing you a very happy and prosperous Diwali!!

• May you live your life like

May you live your life like

the festival of Diwali,

happy healthy and wealthy.

A Very Very Happy Diwali!!

•  Light a lamp of love

Light a lamp of love!

Blast a chain of sorrow!

Shoot a rocket of prosperity!

Fire a flowerpot of happiness!

Wish u and your family “SPARKLING DIWALI”

•  May the light of joy

May the light of joy and prosperity shine on you this diwali. 

And throughout comming year. 

HAPPY DIWALI

•  On This Auspicious

On This Auspicious

Festival of Lights

May the Glow of Joys

Prosperity and Happiness

Aluminates your Days

In The Year Ahead

Happy Diwali…

•  May the Divine Light Of Diwali

May the Divine Light Of Diwali,

Spread Into Your Life Peace,

Prosperity, Happiness and Good Health.

Happy Diwali…

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Power of I-PHONE

Popularity of NOKIA

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Many many Happy Returns of Diwali

Diwali - Festival of Lights

About Diwali:

Diwali, which is also called Deepavali or Dipavali. Diwali is a Hindu festival. It also called as the festival of Lights. Diwali literally means a row of lights, and the main attraction is the candles and lamps, called diyas, that are lit in almost every home after puja. The lights are meant to welcome Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and prosperity, and to bring joy, mirth and happiness in the new year, which starts the day after Diwali.

Diwali or Dipawali means  "Rows of Lamps". On Diwali people lighting Lamps.

Diwali is Five Day Festival:

• The festival starts with Dhanteras on which most Indian people are doing Dhan or Laxmi Puja. People buys Golds and Jewellery on this day.

• The second day of the festival is called the Naraka Chaturdasi. Amavasya or Chotti Diwali. Lord Krishana killed Naraks singh.

• The third day of Diwali, marks the worship of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. People Celebrate Diwali on the Occasion of when God Shree Ram came on this day to Ayodhya and people welcome them with Fire Crackers and Lighting whole Ayodhya with lights and Diwas.

• The fourth day of Diwali is known as Kartika Shudda Padyami or Hindi New Year. People gives Good Wishes to each other. People visiting to family and Friends homes and give their New Year Wishes.

• The fifth day is referred to as Yama Dvitiya, and on this day sisters invite their brothers to their homes.

Hindu Mythology

The Story of Rama and Sita: Lord Rama was a great warrior King who was exiled by his father Dashratha, the King of Ayodhya, along with his wife Sita and his younger brother Lakshman, on his wife's insistence. Lord Rama returned to his Kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years of exile, in which he put an end to the demon Ravana of Lanka, who was a great Pundit, highly learned but still evil dominated his mind. After this victory of Good over Evil, Rama returned to Ayodhya. In Ayodhya, the people welcomed them by lighting rows of clay lamps. So, it is an occasion in honor of Rama's victory over Ravana; of Truth's victory over Evil.

Celebrate Diwali .....

Happy Diwali