Dear Isheeria’s Healing Circles Reader,
[sce emoji=”diya”/] Happy Dev Deepawali! [sce emoji=”diya”/]
Join us as we share about the Festival & the auspicious rituals you can easily do at home to invite the blessings of all Gods & Goddesses.
Dev Deepawali (also known as Dev Diwali) is the festival of Kartik Purnima, which takes place 15 days after Diwali.
Interestingly, the Festival coincides with Guru Nanak Jayanti and Jain Light Festival.
It is believed that on this day, the Gods and Goddesses descend upon the earth, and diyas are lit to welcome them.
The festival is celebrated with great fanfare in Gujarat, the Northern states of India and especially in Varanasi, where many devotees travel from far away places to take ‘kartik snan’ / ‘holybath in the River Ganges on the occasion of Kartik’ and perform deep daan and attend the famous Ganga Aarti which is performed on the river banks in the evening.
This Festival is also celebrated to mark the victory of Lord Shiva over the Demon Tripurasur.
The tradition of lighting diyas for Dev Deepawali started in 1985 at the Panchganga Ghat. This year, Dev Deepawali is being celebrated on 4th November 2017.
It is considered auspicious to light Diya every evening for the 5 days from 31st October 2017 to 5th November 2017 and chant the following mantra while lighting the Diya
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|| ॐ विष्णवे नमः स्वाहा ||
|| Om Vishnavey Namah Swaha ||
On Dev Deepawali, you can also decorate your house with oil lamps and make rangoli at the front doors to welcome the blessings of Gods and Goddesses into your home.
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I had absolutely no idea about this festival. It’s always a good idea to light up our homes to welcome the Gods and goddesses.
yes, which is why i like our ritual of morning and evening diya lighting in (Hindu) homes the world over 🙂 but now i also see a shift with people from all religions embracing the cleansing aspects of lighting diya/tea lights & incense.
I missed lighting a Diya yesterday, but will do it for the remaining 4 days. Thanks for sharing this ritual – I didn’t know about it! 🙂
Thank you 🙂 Blessed Be!
I long to visit Varanasi to have a glimpse of this day…let’s see when it unfolds.
This I had never heard before .But sounds so interesting .I will remember to do it today
I didn’t know about these rituals. It must be exciting to spend Diwali in Varanasi
Some really great price of information was not aware about it thanks a ton for sharing
Honestly, i had no idea about this festival. It’s a good idea to lighten up the rooms though and for this i love Diwali the most.
This is interesting! I had no idea of such a festival at all.
I’ve no idea about Dev Diwali thanks for introducing and it holds so much of importance.
I never knew about Dev Diwali! Encouraged by your post, I sent the message to my loved ones and also tried to follow what you advised. Thanks much. You will get one more follower now
This one too looks like a festival of lights. A mini version of Diwali i guess