What Is The History Behind Festival Of Diwali? When And How Is It Celebrated?

Visit this link my friend www.surfindia.com which gives you an idea why is it celebrated. Let me give you my story, diwali (deepavali) is called the festival of light, it is celebrated on 28th october this year (English Calender) and generally celebrated in kaarteeka masam (month). Which generally comes in mid of october to 2nd week of November. The dates vary every year

I am an Indian.There are various reasons for celebrating Diwali.Some say it is the day when Hindu God Vishnu killed Narakasuran a demon.There are many other stories but none knows really why it is celebrated.Each person celebrates for a different reason.When u say diwali all that comes to my mind is crackers.We burst crackers and fireworks .We would have a great time during diwali

Diwali is a festival of lights.......it was first celebrated when lord rama chandra returned back after 14 years of vanvaas......this is a festival in which people light up the diyas and candles in their houses and burst crackers  of course eco friendly!! We also exchange gifts to show there love and care towards their relatives and friends!!!......we also worship godess lakshmi and lord ganesha............hay i am telling you this day is full of fun we make rangoli also rangoli we make with dry colours .........with that we make nice designs

Diwali is a festival based on the religion Hindu....

you should understand this India is big so the version of why Diwali is
celebrated is different in the north south, east and the west region...
If you look at all with an open view, you will see that it is different
because of the language used but basically same story line....  

These incarnations are
termed as the avatars of Lord Vishnu...i am explaining so you wont get confused much...now i am gonna give a mini lecture on Hinduism

1. Matsya (the fish avatar)
2. Koorma (the tortoise avatar)
3. Varaha (the boar avatar)
4. Narasimha (the human-lion avatar)
5. Vamana (the dwarf avatar)
6. Parasurama (the angry man, Rama with an axe avatar)
7. Lord Rama (the perfect man, king of Ayodha avatar)
8. Lord Krishna (the divine statesman avatar)
9. Balarama/ Lord Buddha (elder brother of Krishna avatar)
10. Kalki (the mighty warrior avatar)


all those are the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in sequence



They are named differently, by the time zone  they were on earth, it also depicts of evolutionary stages of mankind... It is said that they were here on earth since the before dinosaur stage..

there are a total of ten Avatar/Avatharam

taken by Lord Vishnu.... That's why there is a word call ''Dhasavataram'' .........

Dhas means 10 avatharam means avatars taken...
The last Avatar is yet to appear, and in many versions of the mythology, the ninth incarnation is mentioned as Lord Buddha.



It is said that Lord Vishnu in Krishnan avatar, vanquished the Narakasuran....
Sri Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord
Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from
his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days
including the Diwali day as a victory festival.

there are other reasons that you can find in this link here hinduism.about.com


And Rangoli means, lots and lots of colour or colourful......
Rangoli is also a koolam design which has a lot of colors in it....
Koolam is what your avatar is...

Hope this help my friend..........

Seeing how you got your answer already........i think i will just wish you and all the people of the world a happy and safe Diwali.Oh and don't waste your money on more fireworks cuz they cause pollution,then again its your choice.So enjoy yourselves.

Well I dont know much about it but I think they celebrate it because one of their God(Bhagwan Ram) was came back to his country after spending 14 yeras in jungle. So the day he came back they celebrate it and names it as Diwali.

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