The holiday of lights brings with it lots of parties, sweets, and the blessings of gods and goddess shower on the world and bring peace and wealth with it. Diwali is celebrated all around the world with great heartiness and joy. Young and old both like this festival and wait for it throughout the year. There are many folks who mark this holiday at the beginning of the year and wait in expectation of the holiday or all year around.
Despite the preparations for Diwali only pick up pace 2 - 3 weeks before the event date, the pure anticipation essentially builds up long before that. There are several elements that are included in Diwali preparations. It is not simply a public holiday; It marks a start of new beginnings. In particular for the business men, as the event of Diwali brings the wonderful welcome to the New Year of business. For most Diwali is linked with the eternal hope of peace all around the world.
The key parts of Diwali events include the pooja or solemn prayers being offered to the goddess of wealth, Laxmi, busting of firecrackers to attempt to scare and smoke the bad away from the world, lollies being exchanged with well wishes that all the sweetness will bring absolute happiness to all and lots of lights that are a symbol of joy.
When getting ready for Diwali 2011 here is a list of few things which you need to keep in mind:
Before you commence your Diwali shopping, to make things less complicated and faster it would help to make an inventory of the things you will need. This will include what sweets you want to prepare, how many fireworks, lights, new attire, ingredients for the pooja etc.
Once your list is just about ready start your preparations with cleaning your place from top to bottom. A clean house is the most significant part of Diwali events. Dump anything that's not absolutely needed, give your house/business places a fresh coat of paint etc. If you may have been thinking of perhaps changing the curtains and cushions this will be a very good time to do so. Polish whatever absolutely needs polishing, mow the lawn, clear and clean your garage to give your place a new look.
The following step is to clear a space for the pooja or prayer. Generally the direction is north to south. The news papers and websites usually publish the time the obligatory ingredients of the pooja a few days before the date.
The shops and even the street markets are loaded with good and assorted engaging decorative items which make it very easy to shop for Diwali.
Despite the preparations for Diwali only pick up pace 2 - 3 weeks before the event date, the pure anticipation essentially builds up long before that. There are several elements that are included in Diwali preparations. It is not simply a public holiday; It marks a start of new beginnings. In particular for the business men, as the event of Diwali brings the wonderful welcome to the New Year of business. For most Diwali is linked with the eternal hope of peace all around the world.
The key parts of Diwali events include the pooja or solemn prayers being offered to the goddess of wealth, Laxmi, busting of firecrackers to attempt to scare and smoke the bad away from the world, lollies being exchanged with well wishes that all the sweetness will bring absolute happiness to all and lots of lights that are a symbol of joy.
When getting ready for Diwali 2011 here is a list of few things which you need to keep in mind:
Before you commence your Diwali shopping, to make things less complicated and faster it would help to make an inventory of the things you will need. This will include what sweets you want to prepare, how many fireworks, lights, new attire, ingredients for the pooja etc.
Once your list is just about ready start your preparations with cleaning your place from top to bottom. A clean house is the most significant part of Diwali events. Dump anything that's not absolutely needed, give your house/business places a fresh coat of paint etc. If you may have been thinking of perhaps changing the curtains and cushions this will be a very good time to do so. Polish whatever absolutely needs polishing, mow the lawn, clear and clean your garage to give your place a new look.
The following step is to clear a space for the pooja or prayer. Generally the direction is north to south. The news papers and websites usually publish the time the obligatory ingredients of the pooja a few days before the date.
The shops and even the street markets are loaded with good and assorted engaging decorative items which make it very easy to shop for Diwali.
About the Author:
About the author: Anukriti Parsai is a contributing member of the Diwali Network which supplies event stories, media, articles and Blogs for the community who celebrate Deepavali annually. Anukriti loves all sides of the Diwali party and is looking forward to the preparations as well as the event every year.Check out more on preparations for Diwali 2011 as well as some of the weirdest and funniest video's we will be able to find on the Internet...oh and you may find one or two interesting Blog posts.