How To Celebrate Diwali (The 5 Most Common Ways)

Diwali!

As soon as we hear the word “Diwali”, a thing which comes to our mind is, a 5-day long festival celebration and every day has love and compassion stored in it.

The night of Diwali is the most obscure night of Autumn and that is the reason diyas, lamps, electric lights, and candles are lit up so the haziness doesn’t frighten us or enter our lives. 

Fireworks are a significant method of festivity and the sky looks a delightful one which is a sign of our joy. Rangoli is made at home yard since it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi, the divinity of abundance and success came into the world on this day and visits the most delightful home that is finished with flawless rangoli and lights. 

How to Celebrate Diwali?

‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness and to understand this better, just ask any person who celebrates Diwali. In most of the houses, the preparation for Diwali starts 10-15 days before by Diya and lighting, home decoration, shopping, fireworks, puja (prayers), gifts, feast, and sweets. 

They also decorate their house with flowers & leaves, lanterns, lights and huge rangolis.

The answer to this question is so long that a whole book may be short to answer. But here are some mind-blowing tips for you to celebrate Diwali.

1) Diwali Pujas

Diwali is of 5-days and every day there are different pujas. The first day of Diwali is known as Dhanteras in which people do the puja of their precious items of their house. 

Just like that, the second, third, fourth and fifth day is known as Naraka Chaturdasi, Lakshmi Puja, Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj respectively, having their own puja.

2) Shopping & Gifts

Without shopping, Diwali is like a “cup without a saucer”.

Also, there are always huge Diwali Offers to go on, on different websites like Amazon and Flipkart. This gives you a lot more savings to do shopping during this time. 

Buy garments and some cool tech gadgets for your new start in Diwali. 

And don’t forget to buy gifts for your loved ones. The gift shouldn’t be too big. And as I said earlier, the Diwali Offers is going to give you a lot of benefits.

3) Home Décor & Lightning

Diwali is the Hindu New Year, and it’s a festival of fresh starts. It’s important to tidy up your home and business as a sort of tradition, setting yourself up for a new beginning. 

To make your home look prettier and more decorative you can draw rangoli as well.

Rangoli is a customary masterpiece and design frequently portraying wonderful, balanced blossoms like lotuses and daisies. Rangoli plans are ordinarily positioned right inside the entrance of your home,

However,

Don’t hesitate to set them up somewhere else, because it’s not written anywhere to be on the right side.

To make your Rangoli glowing, you can place diyas surrounding it. 

Diyas are little oil lamps formed like cups with cotton. It is believed that to invite the goddess Lakshmi into your house, it’s necessary to light 4-6.

You can add more, to make your house bright and glowing in the whole colony.

While talking about the brightness, how can we forget string lights & lanterns!

It just adds the last star needed for a 5-star rating. Hang them up along your rooftop and walls and anywhere you want. Just make sure it follows some pattern or else it will look messy.

4) Sweets of Diwali

A Hindu festival and without sweets?

It’s impossible!

The most common sweet made during Diwali is Laddus. A little balls made with flour and lots of Ghee.

Another common Diwali Sweet is Gulab Jamun, Barfi, Halwa, etc. Just have some control over the amount of consumption because these items are heavy to digest.

5) Fireworks

Fireworks and sparklers are consistently a major piece of Diwali, particularly on the third day. You can purchase handheld sparklers to light outside and appreciate with loved ones.

Whirl them to make good designs,

But,

Make sure you won’t hurt someone or yourselves 🙂