Essay on My Favourite Festival
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Diwali is my favourite festival. It is the festival of lights; it is celebrated in all parts of our country. A few days before Diwali, people clean their houses and shops and get them whitewashed. On Diwali day, people decorate their houses. On the night of Diwali, lamps are lit in every village, town and city. All the houses, shops and buildings are illuminated with earthen lamps, candles and electric bulbs. Children move about in their best clothes. People exchange sweets and gifts. Children spend money in buying sweets, toys and crackers. At night people worship Laxmi, the goddess of wealth. Diwali is a festival of joy. On this day everyone is happy.
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Diwali, popularly known as Deepawali is an important festival that is celebrated with immense enthusiasm across the country. It is also called the festival of lights.
Diwali falls in the month of Kartik according to Hindu calendar. As per the English calendar, Diwali falls in the month of October or November.
As per Hindu mythology, it is believed that on this day Lord Rama was returned to Ayodhya after defeating Ravana. People of Ayodhya lit up diyas to welcome Lord Rama to Ayodhya. Actually, the festival Diwali symbolizes the victory of good over evil.
Today Diwali is celebrated with great pomp. People clean their houses, shops before Diwali. On Diwali, rangolis are made and people worship Lord Ganesh and goddesses Lakshmi for prosperity and good luck. Firecrackers are burst and sweets are exchanged by people with their near and dear ones.
No doubt Diwali is a festival of joy and fun. But in the process of Diwali celebration, we cause some to our environment too. After Diwali, we can see an increase in environmental pollution. The smoke emitted from the firecrackers not only cause harm to our environment but also affects the patients who are suffering from lungs problem, Asthma, allergy etc. It also causes harm to the animals. Now a day’s government has introduced some rules to avoid firecrackers during Diwali in order to protect the environment from being polluted.
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