லாகூரில் ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம்கள், கிறிஸ்துவர்கள், இந்துக்கள் கிருஷ்ணன் கோவிலில் தமிழர் திருநாள் தீபாவளி கொண்டாட்டம்

லாகூரில் ஏராளமான முஸ்லீம்கள், கிறிஸ்துவர்கள், இந்துக்கள் கிருஷ்ணன் கோவிலில் தீபாவளி கொண்டாட்டத்தில் கலந்துகொள்கிறார்கள்.

ஆவளி என்ற தமிழ் வார்த்தை வரிசை என்ற பொருள் கொண்டது என்பதையும் இந்த கட்டுரையில் கூறுகிறார் கட்டுரையாசிரியர்.

தீப + ஆவளி என்று சேர்ந்து தீபாவளி என்று ஆனது. அது வடக்கில் மருவி தீவாளி என்று ஆகியிருக்கிறது என்பதையும் கூறுகிரார்


உலகெங்கும் கொண்டாடப்படும் தமிழர் திருநாள் தீபாவளி, உலகெங்கும் உள்ளவர்களது வீடுகளில் தாயாரின் கடாட்சத்தை கொண்டுவரட்டும். செல்வம் பெருகட்டும்.

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Friday, November 09, 2007
Diwali to light up Krishna Mandir

LAHORE: Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will kick off at the Krishna Mandir on Ravi Road on Friday (today).

A large number of Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and Christians will join the celebrations. The temple will be decorated with traditional motifs and doors and walls of Hindu houses will be splashed with colours and covered with small footprints (made of rice, flour and vermillion flour) to welcome Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.

The religious ceremony will start with a recitation of Ramayan Katha and Aarti (a ritual in which the form of the Lord is symbolically illuminated). Later, prasad and langar (charity meal) will be distributed among the participants.

The word ‘Diwali’ is a corruption of the Sanskrit word ‘Deepavali’. ‘Deepa’ means light and ‘Avali’ means a row. Diwali, for Hindus, heralds joy and happiness for the coming year and their houses are decorated with diyas, rangoli, flowers and fireworks to celebrate the ‘lights festival’.

Each day of Diwali is associated with different myths, legends and beliefs. The first day, Dhanteras falls on the 13th of Ashwin and one story associated with the day is of the 16-year-old son of King Hima. It had been predicted that Hima’s son would die from snakebite on the fourth day of his marriage. On the day, the prince’s wife kept him awake by singing and story telling. She then placed gold and silver coins at his bedroom’s entrance and lit innumerable lamps.

When Yam, the god of death, arrived, disguised as a serpent, the light blinded his (serpent’s) eyes and he could not enter the prince’s chamber. Thus, the wife saved her husband from death. Since then, the day of Dhanteras was known as Yamadeepdaan and lamps are lit throughout the night in reverential adoration to Yam.

The second day of Diwali is called Narka-Chaturdashi or Choti Diwali. The legend attached to it is of King Bali, who had become very powerful and dangerous. In order to curb his powers, Lord Vishnu visited him, disguised as a small boy.

As Bali was famous for his generosity Vishnu (disguised as the boy), asked Bali for any piece of land that he could cover with three steps, Bali granted the wish. The small boy then transformed into the all-powerful Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu crossed the entire heaven in a step and entire earth with the second. He then asked Bali where he should place his third step and Bali offered his head. Putting his foot on his head, Vishnu pushed the king into the underworld. To reward him for his generosity, however, Vishnu gave him the lamp of knowledge and allowed him to return to earth once a year to light millions of lamps to dispel ignorance and spread love and wisdom. shahnawaz khan