DEEPAVALI FESTIVAL
HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO ONE AND ALL
Deepavali aka diwali an Indian festival
It is celebrated as a five-day spectacle.
It comes in kartik maas October November
Just after Janmashtami Navratri every year.
First day is Dhanteras prayer to Lakshmi for wealth
Also to Dhanavantri God of Ayurved and health.
It time to buy gold silver items
Also Lakshmi and Ganesh idols.
Next day Narakasur killed by Krishn Balram brothers
This day felicitates revival of happiness.
In south it's time for oil bath early in the morning
In North it is choti diwali in the offing.
Third day new moon day is main Diwali
People wear new clothes and pray to Lakshmi.
It also commemorates Ram reaching Ayodhya after battle
After vanquishing Ravan welcoming good over evil.
This is when homes are decorated with rangolis
Lighting lamps exchanging gifts and sweets.
Families enjoy with relatives friends
Greeting all with broad smiles.
Fourth day is bali padyami in south
When Bali returns to bless on earth.
This day also prayer to Govardhan hilly terrain
Recalling Krishn saving people from bountiful rain.
Last day is when sisters pray for brothers' well-being
Brothers greet sisters with gifts and beaming.
All the five days homes are lit with diyas lamps
Firing crackers with a sense of happiness.
Companies declare bonus during this festival
That makes people's shopping tenable.
Deepavali days get a feeling of ecstacy
Don't forget to be grateful to nature and destiny.
Deepavali promotes family kinships relationships
Camaraderie hope and faith in societies.
That's why diwali is celebrated all
over the world
Wherever Indian diaspora have settled.