Just like the Chinese, Indians are also a very successful, large, politically influential and economically powerful expatriate community. Indians have a large and important presence in many English speaking countries of the world like the U.S.A., the U.K.and Australia etc. The former Indian minister of state for external affairs, former top U.N. diplomat and current member of the Union Council of Ministers Shashi Tharoor famously calls the NRI community the “National Reserve of India.” India’s expatriate community repatriates a huge amount of valuable foreign exchange to India every year and thereby contributes to India’s bulging foreign exchange reserves and adds to the strength of the Indian economy.
Since Indians settled abroad add so significantly to the economy, education and culture of those countries and are a well assimilated community which respects and honours the festivals celebrated in foreign countries like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter to name a few, the native community in those countries return the favor by enthusiastically participating in the festivals and fairs connected to Indian festivals like Diwali. Diwali Melas with their joy rides for children, delicious Indian food items and stalls selling a wide variety of Diwali Gifts are a pleasure for anyone who attends them.Diwali Mithai is one of the most important components of Diwali.
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What is synonymous with Diwali in people’s mind? Undoubtedly, lights, firecrackers and sweets!
Anyone who sees a large Indian city from a high rise apartment or a high storey in a five star hotel on the night of Diwali Gifts, will get a beautiful view of the night sky lit up with multiple roman candles or ‘rockets’, sparklers, ‘flower pots’ and ‘charkhis.’
Sikhism is one of the faiths that are very close to Hinduism, which have emerged as reformist offshoots or branches of Hinduism. The Third Sikh Guru Amar Das declared that Sikhs would receive the Guru’s blessings on the day of Diwali. Even the Foundation Stone of the Golden Temple in Amritsar was laid on Diwali day in the Year 1577. The Mughal Emperor Jehangir or Salim – who was the son of the Great Mughal Emperor Shehenshah Akbar and the father of the Mughal Emperor who built the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort in Delhi and the Jama Masjid – released the Sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind on Diwali Day in the Year 1619.
Sikhs comprise one of the most patriotic communities in India are well known for their cheerful nature, their zest for life, their appetite for all the good things of life as well as their music and dance like bhangra and gidda. If you visit any place in the country where Diwali is being celebrated, you will see Sikh children participating in all the festivities with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm.
Pope John Paul II – wearing a Diwali tilak on his forehead – performed an Eucharist in India with the altar decorated with Diwali lamps and spoke about the Festival of Lights at the Eucharist in the year 1999.
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On the fourth day of Diwali, Bali who had been banished to Patala by Lord Vishnu – the Preserver in the Holy Trinity – went to the place ordained for him by Vishnu. This is the Kartika Shudda Padyami. The fifth day is Bhai Dooj or Yama Dvitiya when sisters invite their brothers over and the sacred bond between brothers and sisters is celebrated again – just like it is on the sacred occasion of Rakshabandhan.
The global popularity of Diwali can be gauged from the fact that the day of Deepawali is an official holiday not only in India but also in Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, Fiji, Malyasia, Singapore, Guyana, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and of course in the Hindu majority nation of Nepal – the only Hindu majority nation in the world apart from India.
Most people think that Diwali is a one-day festival but in reality, Diwali is a five-day celebration when each day is considered special due to some mythological legend or religious association. Dhanteras marks the start of the festival of Diwali and falls exactly two days before the day of Amavasya which is also called ‘Badi Diwali’. This year, Dhanteras is on 11th of November and Diwali is on 13th of November 2012.
On the festival of Dhanteras, it is considered auspicious to purchase metallic items like jewelry, gold coins and sovereigns with pictures of Lakshmi and Ganesha engraved on them, bars of gold, metallic utensils for the home or expensive items made of metal like a new car for the family. The day of Dhanteras is especially important for the Hindu business community in India. For thousands of years, Dhanteras has marked the beginning of the financial year for traditional businessmen in India. It is considered especially auspicious to begin as well as conclude significant business transactions on Dhanteras day. It is also considered an auspicious day to fructify or concretize new business plans and strategies like getting new companies registered.
Shopping and gift-giving is one of the most important aspects of the festival of Diwali. As a result of this, sellers of various gift items like decorative diyas, brassware, fancy candles, gems, jewelry and gold do roaring business in India for a month till the festival of Diwali Gifts. This consumption driven boost to the economy is always an effective antidote to any signs of sluggishness that the economy might be experiencing. It is a culture driven boost to the economy which is more effective than any Keynesian intervention that the policy makers can device!
It is said that the amavasya night of Diwali is one of the darkest nights in the year when the world could no longer accept the pain of the wrongful banishment of Lord Rama to the forest. On this darkest of nights, after 15 long years when Rama keeps his word to his elders like He always does, He finally returns to his rightful abode after vanquishing the evil Ravana who in a symbolic manner was spreading darkness across the world. Send Diwali Gifts Online India helps you express your joy on this wonderful festival that spreads light all over the country. Order Diwali Gifts Online and connect with your loved ones easily.