A factual description on how you celebrate your Diwali in about words
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Diwali is a Hindu festival celebrated every year as a festival of lights. It is very significant festival for the people of Hindu religion. Everyone becomes very happy on the occurrence of this festival and celebrates with lots of preparations. Diwali is a five days long festival begins from Dhanteras and ends at Bhai dooj. It falls every year on fifteenth day of the Kartik month.
People start cleaning their houses few days before the main date of Diwali such as white washing, dusting, painting, etc. Houses get decorated using real or artificial flowers and other decorative materials. Everywhere looks very dazzling because of the lighting small earthen lamps and electric bulbs. It is considered that Goddess Lakshmi makes a visit to each houses in the night of Diwali that’s why everyone lights their houses to welcome the Goddess. In return, Goddess gives her blessings to her devotees for healthy and prosperous life. At this day, everyone performs puja of Goddess Lakshmi and God Ganesha and then distributes gifts and sweets to their friends, neighbors and relatives.
The festival is Diwali which is also known as the festival of lights. Diwali is also known as the festival of lights which is celebrated after Dussehra. It is said that Lord Rama returned to his native place Ayodhya after an exile of fourteen years and in order to celebrate his return the people lighted diyas in their houses. People celebrate the festival by cleaning and decorating their houses, wearing new clothes and by lighting diyas and candles. Different types of sweets are prepared and are given to friends and relatives. To celebrate Diwali, this year we planned to visit our village and celebrate the festival with our relatives. We were very happy to visit the place and meet the cousins. On the day of Diwali, the house was decorated with the flowers and leaves of the mango tree. They used all the organic things to decorate and celebrate the festival. Homemade sweets were made and many other dishes were also prepared. Instead of bursting crackers we played games among ourselves and sang songs. In this way, we celebrated the festival at our village.