Friday, April 17, 2009

Legends Behind Diwali - mythological stories

Like most of the Indian festivals the origin of Diwali has mythological strings attached to it. From times immemorial, Diwali has been associated with the famous story of Lord Rama’s return to Ayodhya. But there are many more legends that shared the same time period as that of Diwali for their occurrence.

During the auspicious month of Ashwin, Lord Rama killed the King of the Demon Ravana and transferred the power of the Kingdom Lanka to Ravana’s younger brother Bhibhishan. Not only the story of Rama-Ravana is there, but Diwali is enriched with many amazing legendary stories.

Lord Rama's Return Ayodhya on Diwali

Origin Of Goddess Lakshmi

We celebrate Diwali with great euphoria and zest. The atmosphere of jollification fills in everyone's life a new energy that vitalizes the very being. Till today, people perform a lot of rituals during the festival. These rituals have been customary since time immemorial. They epitomizes the major events of the legendary stories.

To illustrate the above mentioned fact, we can take the example of the ritual of giving the idol of Shri Krishna the oil bath indicates towards the Narakasura killing episode. It is believed that Shri Krishna had to take an oil bath to get free of the blood splashes of the demon after killing him.

This was a small prototype. People decorate their homes with various means like Rangoli, Lights etc in order to welcome Goddess Lakshmi to their house. Lights symbolize different meaning like righteousness, knowledge etc. Thus, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Diwali holds in it's lap a treasure of legendary stories. Get to know about these fantastic stories that may take you by surprise with their exotic elements.
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Legendary Mythological Stories Behind Diwali

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