Diwali Recipes
More about Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali is perhaps the most popular of all Hindu festivals, also known as the
Festival of Lights, it is dedicated to the
goddess Kali in Bengal and to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, in the
rest of India. As with several other festivals, Diwali is associated
with one of the stories about the destruction of evil by Vishnu in one
of his many manifestations. In Jainism, where the festival is also
known as Mahavira Nirvana, Diwali celebrates the attainment of Moksa by
Lord Mahavira. A burning lamp symbolizes the "light of knowledge" that
dispels the darkness of delusion and ignorance.