Diwali
Kartika Amavasya (October–November) · LakshmiThe festival of lamps around the new moon of Kartika: Lakshmi worship across India, with regional stories of Rama's return and Krishna's victory over Narakasura.
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- Victory and Light Treatise
The five days of light Three weeks after the victory, as the moon of Kartika wanes toward its darkest night, the year keeps its greatest festival. Diwali , Dipavali , the row of lamps, the festival of lights.
- What is Diwali? Worship
Dipavali (dee-PAH-vah-lee), the older form behind the everyday Diwali , is a compound of dipa (lamp) and avali (a row, a line, a series): a row of lights.
- Who is Krishna? Deities
Krishna is a central deity of Sanatana Dharma, worshipped as an avatara of Vishnu and, in much of the Bhagavata tradition, as the supreme God in person. The…
- Who is Vishnu? Deities
Vishnu is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, worshipped by Vaishnavas as the supreme being and the preserver of cosmic order. In the oldest layer of the…
- One Festival, Many Names Treatise
Diwali is a public holiday in Nepal and Sri Lanka, in Mauritius and Fiji, in Trinidad and Tobago, which recognised it more than half a century ago, in Guyana and Suriname, in Singapore and Malaysia, and it has …