Dev Deepawali
The
festival which also some time referred as Diwali of Gods is greatly, and
celebrated on a surprisingly huge scale with deep devotion in the Ghats of our Kashi/Varanasi(Banaras)
India.
If to be
believed the story behind this is that with the help of Tarak and Viduynmali, a
daemon by the name Muy Daanav constructed 3 aerial purs which he gave to the
daemons. With this unbelievable power at their hand the daemons become mad with
greed, lust and did many horrific things that a normal person wouldn’t dare
even to think. Seeing these havoc, all the devas approached Lord Shiva to put
to a stop to it, then an angered Shiva
rose and destroyed all the tree purs showing his immense strength and power,
thus the name Tripurari(An epithet of Lord Rudra). The devas rejoice their victory,
hence the Dev Deepawali .
In earlier
days, the celebration for the Dev Diwali started from the day of Ekadishi TIthi
of Kratik Shukla Paksha and it went till the 5th day, i.e full moon
night (Purnima). That’s also 15 day after Diwali which should be obvious as Diwali
is on amavasya and dev Diwali on Purnima, thus moon completing its full cycle.
But now a days, the 22nd generation has almost forget the significance
and relationship of these two, for them they are both different festivals,
which happens in few days after another.
It is a
treat for any living being, to witness this day at the ghats of Banaras or it
is said in loving language Kashi. Just sit there, and let the energy flow, you
will know. I can’t say myself explain the feeling as I myself has not visited
the ghats on this particular day.
It is
always said, everything happens with a reason behind, if you think something is
random, it is just you not able to understand the great cosmos.
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