Why is Diwali Celebrated? | Various Hindu Stories Of Diwali
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Why is Diwali Celebrated? | Various Hindu Stories Of Diwali
For thousands of years, Hindus around the world celebrate Diwali, also known as “the festival of lights”. Diwali signifies the victory of light over darkness, the victory of Dharma over Adharma.
However, there is not one reason behind the celebration of Diwali. While in the Northern India, Diwali is associated with Lord Ram, the Seventh incarnation of Vishnu, in the south this festival marks the victory of Krishna, who is the eight incarnation of Vishnu.
The most common tale that is prevalent in the Northern India is associated with the arrival of Ram, Lakshman and Sita to Ayodhya from their 14 year long exile. In southern India, Diwali is celebrated to mark the victory of Krishna over the demon Narakasura.
Not only Hindus but certain sections of other religions like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikkhism use Diwali to mark important events in their histories too.
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*@THE HINDU SAGA* Why are you calling the almighty God Vishnu by his name? Don't you have any RESPECT for the God of universe who created you? 🤷🏻♂️
Please show respect for the supreme God Vishnu by calling him God Vishnu or lord Vishnu instead of just Vishnu 😑
Today I celebrated Diwali with my Hindu and Sikh neighbours in Canada. Every Diwali, they invite us out to celebrate with them, and here after all these years I'm learning of the stories behind Diwali. Thank you! Tonight my city was full of fireworks! Happy Diwali everyone!
Thats awsesome 🙂 stay blessed🪔
Sahi hai
Let's live Diwali all year round, respect for all earthlings lives, living children of light helping all creatures live and get back to the good heavens and better worlds. 🌄
Nice. But I was little disappointed as you did not cover eastern India, where people celebrate by worshiping Ma Kali during this time. Happy Deepavali everyone 🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔🪔
Ohh!!.therefore I saw idols of maa Kali along with idols of lashmi and ganesh in the market during this time...I wondered whether maa Kali has no connection with diwali so why it is being sold during this time....please tell, what is the story behind worshipping maa Kali on diwali in eastern parts..
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I am from Varanasi😁
@@darkphoenix2861 its the worship of shakti during the diwali the shakti which kill the asuras and keep everyone safe and happy
Yes absolutely
if you knew why you celebrate diwali why tf did you come here ?
@@pranavmaiya4386 because we love there video where is your problem if we know and still watch there videos we are watching from our phone our net for which we give money what's your problem here
Even Bengal has it's own good reason to celebrate Diwali🕯 We celebrate Kali puja here. It''s called Dipanwita Amavasya
Yes but I still don't know the story behind this kali puja.
@@Seoyeaji921 Kali puja takes place on every new moon of the year, however the one in Dipanwita Amavasya, ie Diwali is one of the most prominent ones!!
@@Seoyeaji921 There is a legend in Hindu Mythology which states that there were two demons (Rakshasa) Shumbh and Nishumbh that were creating rumpus in the heaven and stride themselves to the Himalayas to capture Maa Durga. A battle took place between King Indira and the devils in which gods were defeated. At that moment Maa Durga went ferocious and turns to Maa Kali.
After demolishing devils she went impetuous and lost control over her and started killing humans. To save innocent people Lord Shiva placed himself in front of the goddess.
As soon as she stepped on Lord Shiva’s chest her tongue came out as she realized her mistake and conciliate herself. From this momentous day picture of Kali is depicted as her foot on God Shiva.
@@Seoyeaji921 The festival of Kali Puja is not an ancient one. Kali Puja was practically unknown before the 16th century; famous sage Krisnananda Agambagish first initiated Kali puja, also a late 17th-century devotional text Kalika mangalkavya mentions an annual festival dedicated to Kali. In Bengal during the 18th century, King (Raja) Krishnachandra of Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal also made this puja wide spread.Kali Puja gained popularity in the 19th century, when kali saint Shri Ramkrishna became popular among the Bengalis ; wealthy landowners began patronizing the festival on a grand scale. Along with Durga Puja, Kali Puja is the biggest festival in Tamluk, Barasat Naihati and Barrackpore
Actually it's not only in bengal but also in Odisha
Lord Krishna killed Mura so he got the name" Muraari" (enemy of Mura)
Hare Krishna 🙏
happy diwali and kali puja
In South we also have Bali padya (on the next day after Lakshmi pooja) , signifying Vishnu's vamana avatar's victory over Bali.
I'm from Nepal and I think there's some mistake. To he precise, incomplete rather than mistake. Newar is a big caste in Nepal who are either Buddhists or Hindus. And whatever you said about Buddhist Newars is absolutely right. But it's the entire Nepalese who celebrate Diwali for 5 days not only Newars.
Yeah, but she also have explained that it is celebrated in much same way the Nepali Hindu Diwali "Tihar" is celebrated. I do think that Dipawali (Tihar) in Nepal & Diwali in India is much more similar so they didn't think of explaining it.
@@anjaandura exactly what I was trying to say. It's not wrong, just incomplete.
@Jon Limbu Can you share any evidence where you've seen NEWARS to be the Lichhavis? I would like a read.
Hare krishna! There is so much knowledge in the vedic scripture and ancient temples Hare krishna! Hari bol!
Happy diwalli to hindu brothers and sisters from iran wishing you all the best
Make a video of life of Sri Radha.... and how she left this world.... 🙂🙂 Plzzzz..
Actually satyabhama is reincarnation of bhudevi as narakasura has a boon only his mother can kill which is not possible.so in reincarnate form she doesn't recognize him as her son when narakasura attacks Krishna he deliberately acts injured infuriated satyabhama kills narakasura with arrow.
This telugu legend
Been subscirbed to your channel for a while now and I've been binge watching your videos. I am from Nepal and I am a Newar, and I'm glad you did your research about Nepalese Hindu culture.
Jai Shri Ram Krishna Hari 🙏🙏
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Really appreciating
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Don't say Hindus celebrate Diwali. I am a Christian and we celebrate Diwali with family more than any other festival. ”Indians celebrate Diwali all across the world” would be a better statement.
Some people get offended when we refer it as an Indian festival. But, I get your point.
By the way, Happy Diwali. 🪔
@@akritimattoo1092 I agree. In our own Christian community, people try to portray other religions as bad and ask us to stay away from it. But as a person who has tried to learn about Ancient History, Art and Culture of India, I will always have deep sense of respect and appreciation for Hinduism. Happy Diwali to you too 🙂🙂🙏🙏
@@ashalizzy9573 Why shouldn't we say that Hindus celebrate Diwali? 🤷🏻♂️ Diwali is a religious festival of Hinduism, so why shouldn't we say that fact?
@@jaydutta7711 Say anything you want Sir 🙏🙏
Let's live Diwali all year round, respect for all earthlings lives, living children of light being the light, helping all creatures live and get back to the good heavens and better worlds. 🌄
I appreciate your hard work , keep it up .. i am sure that one day you will reach to 1 million subscribers ..
Show this video to those ppl who think God Krishna was a pervert and wanted to woo women. Thanks for such a detailed explanation. Kudos to u folks 👏🏼 🙌
Yes! My mind has changed. I understand now. 👍
@@brigidroche1006 Your _dírty_ mind can never be changed if you ever thought that supreme almighty God can be a "pérvert" even if he marry 1600 womén by his mercy. Because the GOD can do whatever he wants with his own creation. After all he is the one who created all wømen & mén including the entire universe and animals. Period!!
*@Kalpesh Sharma* The people who think God Krishna was a "pérvert" and wanted to woo womén, doesn't know anything about lord Krishna, because womén used to woo Krishna, not the vise versa. Those people themselves are extreme "pervérts" who called the God a "pérvert."
STAY away from them as much as you can.
Thank you
Wow, very educative and amazing knowledge about other traditions too
Happy Diwali! Hindu dharma is great. I have seen a Diwali celebrated by Guyana people who are Indo-Guyanese people. They c celebrate very nicely with all the pooja and rituals
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I love the story but krishna wasnt the one who killed narakasur it was maa satyabhama.
*@Madhu's Corner* You are WRONG! You told a false story, because Lord Krishna was the one who actually killed Narakasura. And that's why he had 1600 wives whom he rescued from Narakasura who kept those womén as hostages and used to torture them. And after getting rescued, they requested God Krishna to accept them as his devoted wife.
In South of India Diwali celebrates for King Mahabali
Excellent content...As always
I wanted to know that why we worship goddess laxmi and ganesh.
Because onec, ma laxmi was insisting for a child but did not have any so ma Parvati gave ganesh to ma laxmi and she adopted ganesh n kept him as his son , and then ma laxmi said whenever sumone worships me they have to worship ganesh also , and even to protect n earn laxmi u need knowledge which is given by ganesh ji
@@batull3776 but this story is not about diwali
You should have told why bengali celebrate kali puja during diwali
Please do tell so we will also come to know why Kali Pooja is celebrated during Diwali...
What about us... We celebrate deepawali to worship Goddess kali.. In east
glad you mentioned nepal and nepali people.
U never mentioned East Indian Bengali celebrate Diwali as Kali Pooja, with prayers, light, crackers, Marshal Ulka to show direction to their ancestor to heaven who descended in earth to bless them during Mahalaya, crackers have special significance on Diwali day
Would have liked you to dive deep into Yama Panchak and Nepali tihar (5 day festival of comprising Deepawali).
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Hari Krsna
Lord Krishna did not kill Narakasura, it was Satyabhama who killed Narakasura, since he had a boon that he could die only by his mother, and in past lives, Satyabhama was the mother of Narakasura.
Instead of using word God, use devta, paramatma, bhramha like words
I love your vedios but I have only one request in your older vedios the voice quality is not that good however it's better in this one
Thank you for your feedback. We’ll try to continue improving our audio quality.
@@THEHINDUSAGA can you do a Bhagavad Gita video please
@@THEHINDUSAGA even though I’m not a Hindu, I love Hinduism, Sanatana Dharma(and the other dharmic religions and traditions that sprang from it). I’m a Hindu at heart, but I was never born or raised in a Hindu family since my family isn’t even Indian. Hinduism teaches God is within and as everything. Please keep spreading the knowledge of the native traditions of India. It’s some of the native traditions that haven’t been wiped out and overthrown by christianity or islam
@@jamieyoung9206 I am happy to hear that, it is your life to choose what decision you make. If you really like Hinduism then why don't you become one? 😊
@@MiniPriya oh yes in my daily practice and contemplation I’m a Hindu. Hinduism teaches us to see and know God everywhere. In the u.s. we have Hindu temples and as you know the Hare Krishnas
Nice👍 ..but one story is missing
Thanks dear, but what is Diwali's relevance to Goddess Laxmi?
In this day we pray to laxmi here laxmi is not a deity it's the grains we get from farming
Yeah Nepali celebrate 😍
Goddess bhudevi or satyabhama is the incarnation of goddess Mahalakshmi.
What's ur name?
Shakuni 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We call it Dipawali in Nepal.
But the entire Nepal celebrates it as Tihar not only Newars of Nepal.
It’s entirely untrue.
we worship companion of Yama Dogs, messengers of death Crows, Bulls - the helpers of farmers, Cows - reincarnation of the goddess of wealth, Laxmi, and the fifth day as Bhai Tika, The last day of the five-day long festival is called 'Bhai Tika. ' On this day, sisters worship their brother and pray for their long life, health, prosperity and well being to Yama (God of Death) and Yamuna (Sister of Yama).
I think DEWALI is just a celebration for some victory over bad and happiness like in today if india wins people celebrate Diwali 🪔
Also for sikhs guru harkrishan ji got 52 kings out from gwalior jail that is why we celebrate diwali actually bandi chorr diwas
It is winning of dharma to fight adharma, what adharma? The winning of rama to fight rahwana ✌👍
ohhh u researched on jains and buddisist too
Tks for sharing but Lord Ram did not came back in November or October according to mathematics he arrived in March ...It is the celebration of Good over evil the darkest period of the year .Darkness ...Evil ....Light...Goodness
*@Urmilla Vibart* You are WRONG! Lord Rama actually came in the time of November, not March... Because according to our culture, march is not the darkest period of time.
@@jaydutta7711 has nothing to do with darkness...Mathematically calculating it is said Shree Ram arrived in march but in October or November it was lit up with lights like the arrival of Shree Ram ...I am celebrating Diwali right now ..lightning up ..Just the happy feelings of peace and hopefully for a brighter future
story is wrong... its Styabama Devi killed him
*@sridhar kadali* You are WRONG! You told a false story, because Lord Krishna was the one who actually killed Narakasura. And that's why he had 1600 wives whom he rescued from Narakasura who kept those womén as hostages and used to torture them. And after getting rescued, they requested God Krishna to accept them as his devoted wife.
Quality time....hmmmm
But mata kamakhya killed narkasura
*@Aditya Singha Roy* You are WRONG! Lord Krishna was the one who actually killed Narakasura. And that's why he had 1600 wives whom he rescued from Narakasura who kept those womén as hostages and used to torture them. And after getting rescued, they requested God Krishna to accept them as his devoted wife.
@@jaydutta7711 Yes I read it in Wikipedia in ma Kamakaya's story that she created an illusion and lord krishna killed narakasura
There is only one single truth that why diwali is celebrated Don't try to mislead people
It's wrong you shouldn't do this
diwali can be celebrated with out firecrackers..
No fire crackers are integral part of Diwali ; to chase out negative energy and show direction to our departing ancestors and Rishi and Deva who came to earth to bless us during Mahalaya and Dashera to go back to their abode, light, mashal ulka, and fire crackers are used to show them direction in dark night of Amavasya.
@@dsairamdatta7318 we are not allowed in US to use fire crackers...yet we all celebrate Diwali.
@@vikramnimma That's US's problem not in India..
So you people have all the time to listen to these mythical and fictional stories which never make any sense? I guess Hinduism with all its numerous gods and deities is nothing but just an imaginary narrative featuring only some imaginary bizarre characters, no one sense in it, sorry.
Wow! I have never read such an ignorant comment! You'd best not celebrate Christmas or teach your children to believe in Santa Claus then. Go hermit yourself off this channel!
If you read about previous Greek and Egyptian civilization you will find similar thing.
Fact is this is only civilization which was able to protect its identity even after islamic invasion and British invasions.
If you search "ram setu" .
It is one of the biggest relegious structure on this planet.
Then what you will say
Indian was the richest country just 1000 years ago before invasion.
Don't judge a book by it's cover.
It philosophy is what makes people surrender to it.
Its philosophy were written by highly enlightenment Yogi's which is more logical than any scripture in the world.
👎. "क्या नौटंकी हे", utter nonsense
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