Diwali Festival
By Sikiladi
Wardrobes gain new entries as do the lockers
The festival of Lights with lamps clay, brass or coppers
Houses and offices get a new glaze and shine
Meeting friends and relatives thine and mine
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Cleaning of the grime of ignorance and dust
Re-painting the walls, giving homes a new thrust
Planning rituals of sacred festive charm in pleasure
Comes in Kartik month the observance of leisure
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Mata Laxmi’s worship as the chief deity in practice
A must with Ganesh Ji for accounts books’ justice
Festivity and feasting relished with greatest fun
Diwali knits many joys together beautifully spun
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The weave of the various symbolic interpretations
In semblance to historic and traditional explanations
Bhagwan Ram’s victory and return to Ayodhya
Symbolic of the ultimate triumph of the Satya
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Rows of clay lamps lit up to form a Deep Avali
Hence came forth the term Happy Deepawali
The defeat of the mighty demon Narakasura
Signifying Bhagwan Krishna’s power over Asura
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Narak Chaturdashi hence marked as Cchoti Diwali
On the eve of the main festival of amavas ki Diwali
Interwoven religious segments of the Sanatan
Knit out the yarn of cohesion in celebration
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The festival marked in honor of Lord Mahavir
His spiritual awakening of the man dayaveer
Vardhaman the Jain faith’s 24th Tirthankara
His wisdom and Gnana akin to Adi Shankara
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Bandi Cchor Divas celebrated by the Sikhs
Guru Hargobind’s liberty from Mughal’s cruel tricks
Marking his freedom from imprisonment
By Fireworks display and prayer enchantment
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The defeat of the over ambitious King Bali
Came forth with advent of the dwarflike Brahmin
Bhagwan Vishnu in his form of Vaman Avatar
Caused Bali’s end with his arrogance bizarre
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The Yarn of intercommunal festival takes shape
Diwali, Deepawali, Bandi Cchor under one cape
Lighting lamps of awakening dispelling darkness
Fireworks splendid in sky high sparkle dauntless
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Rangoli colored patterns laid out at many doorsteps
Mango leaves and pretty torans adorning door heads
Pujas, Path sahibs, chantings along with simple prayers
Diwali for the Sanatan World an affair with big flairs
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Meeting and greeting and dazzling display of festivity
Yet forgetting not the significance of the day’s sanctity
Dinner parties and Diwali Balls occurring worldwide
Modern day festival marked with the Hinduism pride
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