write a paragraph on any one of the given topics in about 150 to 175 words (a) any Indian festival
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Deepawali is one such festival that has a symbolic as well as a rational and recreational value.
The rainy season which gradually subsides to usher the other season the winter in the month of October and November. And it is only so welcome when this refreshing cool shiver of the wintry breeze marks the advent of the festival of Deepawali the festival of the row of lights. This is a festival which comes fifteen days after the Vijay Dashmi. The day of the conquest of Ravana the Demon king by Ram. Hence it has got associated with the celebration of this victory symbolized also as the victory of the Good over evil.
The festival is celebrated by lighting lamps in a row over the housetops; overall the wall tops and parapets of the house. Originally these used to be the earthen lamps filled with mustard oil and a wick dipped in the oil. These while illuminating the houses presenting a festive look also attracted worms and insects which had grown in large numbers during the rainy season and which got self-immolated, in this manner striking a natural balance in the eco-system.
This is a festival when Hindus worship Lord Ganesh the God of Commonweal and Goddess Lakshmi the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. It is actually in this part of the season that the previous crops had been harvested and thrashed and stored and the fresh seeds of a fresh crop are sown in the fields. India has been an agricultural country where crops have ever been the source of wealth and prosperity and of commonwealth. Thus this worship of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi has also its very symbolic significance.