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

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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.

Lord Rama's Return Ayodhya on Diwali

Almost every Hindu knows that the festival of Diwali is celebrated in order to commemorate the triumph of Lord Rama over the Demon Ravana and his return to Ayodhya. In Satya yuga, when Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after a full of strife period of fourteen years of exile, the wave of mirth and glee was running through veins of the natives of Ayodhya.

Not only Rama's return to Ayodhya is celebrated but there occurred many events at the same time. After Shri Rama defeated Ravana in the battle and killed him, the kingdom of Lanka was handed over to Bhibhishan. Before embarking on for the journey to Ayodhya, Rama asked his wife to go through the Ordeal of fire. This was to ensure Sita's chastity. Goddess Sita came out of the fire without even a scratch.

Bharata, who was waiting for his elder brother eagerly made every arrangement possible to welcome Lord Rama back to Ayodhya. In Ramayana, this episode has been named as 'Bharata Milap'. It was the same time when the Purushottam Rama was made to sit on the throne of Ayodhya and Bharata himself did his Rajyaabhishek, as their father had passed away who should have done it.

It was a No Moon night when Lord Rama returned and therefore each and every corner was enlightened with clay lamps. There was so much of craze and passion in people that they decorated the entire Ayodhya was covered with beautiful flower petals and leaves. They made Rangoli, prepared delicious delicacies and were dancing to flaunt their happiness.

We can witness the same aura during the season of Diwali even today. Flower decorations might have been replaced with ribbons and clay lamps with String Lightings and Rope Lightings, but the feeling of ecstasy is preserved. People wear new clothes, exchange gifts among loved ones, brighten up their homes with lights etc. After all these tradition and customs had found their origin with this particular Diwali Story.

Diwali Story, Stories of Diwali Festival, Ancient Diwali Story

Ancient Stories of Diwali, Associated with Lord Rama, Godess Laxmi, God Ganesha.

Diwali story gives us a glimpse into the reasons for celebrating the festival of light with great zest and vigor. Most of us celebrate this auspicious and religious festival but a few of us are aware of the different legends of Diwali. Some of the kids do not about know about different Diwali stories and do not have answers to questions like what is it, why it is celebrated and why Diwali is known as festival of light. So, let us together unfurl all the layers of information and know about Diwali story.Diwali is celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Naraka chathurdasi day just on the dawn of Amavasya during the Hindu month of Ashvin and Aippasi Month in Tamil Language that corresponds to the month of September and October according to the Gregorian calendar every year.

According to Hindu mythology, there is interesting story related to Lord Rama. Ayodhya celebrated Diwali when Lord Rama returned from the fourteen years of exile with wife Sita and brother Lakshman. He had killed the demon Ravana. This was the victory of good over evil. Hence, people of Ayodhya lit up rows of oil lamps and diyas amd welcomed the Lord. Moreover, Rama was crowned the king. So, it was the day of double happiness. Another Diwali story relates to King Bali and Vamana Avatar-the Dwarf. King Bali was a generous ruler but was very ambitious. Hence, all the gods asked Lord Vishnu to check the power thirst of Bali. Hence, Lord Vishnu descended in the form of a dwarf or Vamana. This dwarf pleaded King Bali to provide him with space that he could cover in three strides

King Bali thought that how much space a dwarf could cover and so he agreed. But then, the dwarf turned into Lord Vishnu and his three strides covered the Earth, Skies and Underworld. Some of the Hindus even today remember King Bali and this story on the day of Diwali. Yet there is another Diwali story relating to Lord Krishna and the defeat of Naraksura. Lord Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. And he destroyed the demon Naraksura, who was causing great unhappiness amongst the people of the world. Hence, Lord Krishna killed him. While death, Naraksura pleaded God that his death should bring happiness to people. The God granted his request. Most of the Hindus remember this story to believe that good can also emerge from evil.