Deepavali which symbolically celebrates the victory of good over evil is one of most popular festivals associated with Hinduism. Deepavali 2012 date is November 13, Tuesday. In South India , Deepavali is celebrated to commemorate the killing of demon Narakasura by Lord Krishna. In North India , Deepavali commemorates the return of Lord Ram along with Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman to Ayodhya after his 14 years of exile.
Deepavali 2012 dates
- Dhanteras – November 11, 2012
- Narak Chaturdasi, Lakshmi Puja and Deepavali – November 13, 2012
- Yama Diwitya,
- Bahu Beej – November 15, 2012
Deepavali literally means ‘an array of lamps.’ The Deepavali lamps signify the removal of spiritual darkness and ushering in of knowledge.
An important event during Deepavali is the Goddess Lakshmi Puja.
In Gujarat , the Deepavali period also marks the beginning of the Gujarati New Year.
In Bengal , Kali Puja is observed on the day.
Deepavali is of great importance in all parts of India
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34 comments:
When Ravaan posed as dear and deceved Sita , Did Ram your God knew about it, and what was his action?
It is not a hindi movie acted by a Khan and directed by a Khan with music scored by khan and lyrics penned by a khan.
We respect every religion and do not question other's believes.
The goal of all religions is same. If you are a true muslim, you will not be asking such questions. We may have to treat you an atheist for asking such frivilous questions.
First learn English and try to post comments in English.
The very reason you do not question other,s believes is that you can not answer your own believe,if you had a faith which you thought was the correct one and it would take you to heaven or take you closer to your God[sorry gods],then it is your humanly duty to let me and others in humanity to know so we can also achieve the same objective . Again i pose the above question to you ,let me know the answer, hope you understood my English!!
Innumerable births are not enough to completely know about the Hindu Dharma and ethics. This is exactly why we do not question others' belifs and faiths. Simply put, we don't have time for ours and where is the question of reviewing others' beliefs. As a person, I don't need to and I don't care if I have completely understood or not. The point is I am a desciple not a guru to know and answer others. I strongly belive in my faith and I cherish. At the same time I respect others and do not interfere or question.
What gives me the courage to interfere and ask question is the difference between me and you ,you know well if you answer the question you fall in the trap as you already are. Free yourself by trying to answer have courage this is what most Hindus lack!
Why question the Hindu religion when you cannot even question the inconsistencies in your own religion, Mr Akhter?
I'll tell you why. It is becuase you don't have the freedom to do so in Islam. You will be subjected to Sharia (stoned-to-death).
When GOD takes the form of Human-being he must follow all the characteristics of that form. He cannot act as GOD becuase that will look superficial in the eyes of us mortals. If you want to open up a can of worms when it comes to religion, do so at your own peril.
I won't pull any punches in taking you to task about your Koran
Sadasivan Poonan
South Africa
mulla ko koi kaam nahin. dus logon ko chodne ke alava, hat badwe
Excellent Sadasivan.
And thanks for a simple and elegant explanation.
You have reminded these people as to how they could help themeselves by doing self-introspection.
It is very funny that these people talk of being courageous. How popular writers have gone into hiding after raising voices in theirs is all history.
Being courageous does not mean hurting others' beliefs,taking to arms and killing all those belonging to other faith, and establishing religious supremacy by sheer reproduction.
You see courage in a person who is honest, truthful, trustworthy, respectful, compassionate. These are the qualities that Hinduism placates for mankind.
skp ,be brave and answer the question i posed!!
Thanks to all who have responded to this trivial question by our war-mongering Mr Akhter.
Mr Akhter, you will realise that I am considering you as "Mr", yet you are actually an imbecile.
I am telling you that Ram could not have known because He was in the human form on Earth as you & I are today. It was Lord Hanuman who came to His rescue.
Let me remind you that there is no steadfastly explanation in a religion that is as old as the existence of human-kind (2 million years plus). Your Islam is but only some 1400 years old, and you my brother, is a product of Hindu ancestory.
I ask myself, but why does "Mr" Akhter want to know the answer to this question?
Is it because he wants to incite animosity amongst Hindus & Muslims?
Your ignorance overshadows your logical (if any) brain that GOD has bestowed on you.
You need help!!!!!!!!!
Sadasivan Poonan
South Africa
At last we have some one courageous enough to give a simple answer ,thank you Poonan,now how does this makes me a war mongerer,imbecile, one who incites animosity ?
Coming back to the answer you given,Ram was in human form and so was like any other beings, meaning some one who depends on,while your God was in human shape on earth as weakling, who was in control of the Godly affairs?
If one is trying to understand other,s faith there will be questions asked, there for i have a few more ,Islam is not 1400 years old faith, the first man created by God was a Muslim and so were all his messengers and prophets,whether the faith is old or new it has to make sense and be logical,now why does God has to become of that to understand it,e.g God becomes in form of human to feel and know humans ,and to understand monkey he became a monkey and so on,what about the notion of an all understanding and all knowing God?
I am a christian and would just like to add that people should respect others love for God in wwhichever way they deem appropriate. Each person's relationship with God is personal one. My advice if you want to find out about anothers religion Akhter- do so in a respectful manner. As one blogger commented, no one on this planet knows all the facts all the time.
Its no ones place to judge how people relate to God - He did not create religion, man did!
Akhter, thank you for responding.
I want to relieve you of your worry.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MY BELIEF, period!!!!!!
But your comments about Islam is worrying me very much, because YOU do not know your own religion.
I am just going to make a few points;
1.) Do you know in which year was Prophet Mohammed born?
2.) How old is your Koran?
3.) Are you trying to tell me that the creation of man is 600AD?
4.) Do you really believe that 40 virgin women are waiting to serve you in heaven when you die?
4.) What is the age of this Earth?
5.) Do you think that GOD in HEAVEN is a Human-being?
6.) Have you ever heard of the term "manifestation" or "incarnation", and do you know what it means?
7.) Do you understand what is meant by the "SOUL" (the ATHMA that is within every living entity in this universe?
I am worried about you, Mr Akhter.
If GOD wanted me to be born into a Muslim family, don't you think that He would have done so?
You must first understand your own religion before you try to understand others beliefs.
Just remember, GOD cannot be defined by any person.
Where do you get the idea that there are different "gods" for different creatures?
I wonder where do you get this terribly misinformed ideas?
It's amazing how little a person can use his brain and still think that he knows so much.
Sadasivan Poonan
This has to be amazing ,here you are who thinks or knows for sure to be on the right path and yet as a fellow human being you do not want me to understand your faith, surly you are being selfish,while i seek to understand and ask different questions,why should you get so mad and ask me counter questions regarding Islam,i started first by talking Hinduism so lets talk until we stop talking about Hinduism,then if we need to we can talk Islam, so save your questions till later.
lets talk about incarnation, please explain what if a person dies that person can come back as another person or are you trying to say that a person can come back as a mouse , donkey,or flies etc.
Please don,t worry too much about me, i will be fine,the reason i inquired about Gods being in different shapes was the understanding i have of you worshiping statues of all animals,that is why i said does god has to become a fly to find out what it feels like to sit on a fresh pile of cow dung, or as a rat to find out what it feels like to be bitten by a snake etc please shed some lite on this . thanks
I am sorry to counter question your comments, but I have one more question for you.
Do you want to UNDERSTAND my Faith, or do you want to CRITICIZE my Faith.
Your answer will depend on my response later.
I will explain in detail the two corner-stones of Hinduism, that is "The Law of Karma" and "Re-incarnation".
But let me tell you just one thing, the term "HINDU" is just an identity. Our true faith in Sanskrit is "SANATHAN DHARMA", Which if translated into English is "ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS & GOD REALIZATION". If you can try to understand what is being said here, then say so and I will explain in detail.
Sadasivan Poonan
South Africa
I think we may need to ask Mr. Akthar to buy few books on HINDU philosophy and read. Otherwise it would sound like Vyasa trying to educate an Aurangazeb. In the present case, I would sincerely want Sadasivan to save energy so that he can shed light on the subject to someone who really is interested in.
Akhtarji, I want to clear your genuine human doubt. If Lord Rama has known that Ravana is duping Sita and why he has not rescued his wife.
You assume that you are watching a movie and a Hero trying to find the culprit of a particular crime. The movie runs almost 2 hrs. where the Hero travels through various paths before he finally untie the knot. Doesn't the Director know who is the culprit character and why has he not told the Hero Actor in the start of the movie itself.
Ramayana and Mahabharatha are epics with a hidden Vedantha contained in them.
Instead of advising so long to Arjuna chanting Bhagvad Gita, Lord Krishna could have nullified the Kauravas in no time. We could have not got the Bhagvad GIta if it had happened that way.
Recently there was a film called "Dasavatharam" by Kamal haasan, where he played 10 different roles. While watching the movie, if you watch all the 10 characters as just Kamal, then you would find it JUNK and EMPTY. Lord incarnated in 10 avatars upto now and in each of them, he assumes a Character and lives true to the Character. You could as well ask another human question - Why did your powerfull Lord took his Mother Kaikeyi's instruction to live in the Forest. Could not he killed whomever those who oppose him to become the King and enthroned himself. Each Avatar had a definite purpose and the Lord accepts the Role with all the rules attached to it in true sense.
THAKUR...
DEAR MR SADASIVAN I HV GONE THROUGH UR REPLY N HATS OFF TO UR KNOWLEDGE N PATIENCE BUT I FEEL PLS DO NOT WASTE UR ENERGY N KNOWLEDGE EXPLAINING TO A INSANE PERSON ( I HATE TO WRITE HIS NAME )..LET HIM LIVE N DIE IN HIS OWN ASSUMPTIONS
MR RAM U HV ALSO TRIED TO EXPLAIN HIM IN THE SIMPLEST WAY...BUT JUST LEAVE IT
Thank you all for showing respect to our glorious Faith. (Accept Mr Akter).
Mr Mayanand & Mr Rama, thank you for you salutations towards me, I have visited your city of Bangalore with my family in Dec 2008, and we miss it tremendously.
We should actually thank Mr Akther for bringing this topic up, as we have now developed a social network of communication.
My email address is lennie@telecontrols.co.za
Please feel free to contact me.
In our Temple we are coached by a Chennai Priest, Mr Shrinivasan, who resides now in South Africa.
All that I have been stating thus far, is from His teachings.
Regards
Sadasivan
To skp,
Thanks to you as well for your salutations.
But more-over, to all whom have responded, have the courage of your convictions. State your FULL NAME and location. If these "suicide bombers" want to kill us, so be it!!!!!!!!
They will be turned into sand in their next life.
THAT IS A FACT, WHETHER THEY BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SADASIVAN
SOUTH AFRICA
I would also like to appreciate the very rational view of "Reader". He has emphasized how it should be left to an individual on deciding his faith. If some of his fellow community members think this way, then there would not be any forced conversion.
Mr Akhter,
I am glad that you have come to this site to pose a few questions and get some knowledge about hinduism. Let me tell you one thing. This is the only place, wherein you can come and question so openly and still get answers and the reason why you have come here is because you do not have that option in your religion. You just have to follow blindly what is written in Quran and never can dare to question your beliefs (not believs). So let me ask you a few simple questions. So how do you know that the first born person was a muslim and how do you know that Quran was in fact written by your prophet? What makes you believe such things? If you have answers and evidence to prove it, then continue talking. If not just stay out of trouble. Everyone in this blog knows that your are not a genuine person and you have been trying to create trouble (Go show your comments to some sane (SANE) people and ask them if it is provocative or not and you will get the right answer) and despite that we are referring to you as 'Mr'. That is the greatest quality about Hindus. By the by, we never think about spreading our religion and never ever start comparing one religion to the other. If you are happy with yours, be happy and I am happy with my religion.
Finally, if you guys are trying to follow Quran just to make sure that you go to heaven and have fun with 40 young virgins, then shame on you and know it for sure that your place can no longer be called as heaven and you guys should be punished for trying to be pedophiles.
Lokesh Venkateshaiah
Sorry been away from computer, and what could i say every one wants me to view Hinduism as they see it themselves, come on people stop biting and have courage to explain and answer back to the questians i pose , as i am stuck on the epic Ram adventure ,as this is a religious site i again ask to be replied, as i could not get satisfactory answers ,i will keep on asking for some one else to explain.
So here is the first question again ,If Ram was The God incarnate ,Who was in charge of the Godly affairs?
Happy Deepavali to every one!!
Happy Deepavali!!!
I do believe in right of faith; every one has the right to hold their own belief and has no right to criticize other's faith. Secularism is tolerating other religions but it is not tolerating insults to one's own religion. By this definition I am Secular.
If, as I guess, you are looking for a fight, Akthar, I could answer by just saying, when Rama was in living as a man on Earth, some idiot created your relegion in his absence (when I say "your religion", I dont mean Islam, I refer to your "perceived" religion which preaches intolerance to other faiths).
But I don't to want to do it. So if you really want to learn, here is my attempt to answer your question. Each religion preaches a set of values. You would accept that in all religions as in yours, God is omnipotent and omnipresent, so even though Ram was in Earth, he was still God. He still did all his "Godly affairs" (as you want to call it) due to omnipresence. But to preach the religious values to all men, he had to be a man and play with the limitations of a man to lead them to the right path, just as God sent Prophet Mohammed or just as God sent Jesus, and here God himself was born as man. This is the case in all religions because, someone needed to tell humans that to be RIGHT you don't have to be God, you just had to be a good human.
And while writing this I did realize one thing. The answer you were seeking was all along in Islam. You would have understood the answer, if you had understood Islam better. Hope you will try to....
Thanks,
bvittal
HI friends,
I am myself muslim and have many Hindu friends. We go to each other's hourses for each other's festivals and really enjoy with each other. Why is my brother Akthar so much worried. In the questions he is asking, it shows his most dirtiest nature(not the nature of a muslim). I am sure he does not belong to islam, as it is such worms in one apple that rots all other apples. With so much hatredness, why do u blog brother. Dont spoil the beautiful meaning of our Islam by writing such things to the world. U have lost all respect from ur own muslim brother.
Kind request to all...kindly stop answering this blogger.. he is not human for sure
In answer to the question God is Rama and God is God. God is Christ, God is Buddha and God is you and I.
God is larger than the universe and a personal guide.
It was actually a simple question.
Dear Freinds, Why you all arguing in the name of religion? This is what the architects of religions expected - "to quarrel and kill each other". Surely there is a GOD and a Power. Not in the name of Hindu, Christian or Muslim. GOD will give everything equally to all. Don't be mad with these religions. You won't gain anything from these religions. Pray directly to GOD, you will get the reply. Let us united together to form a peacefull world to our future. Thanks
Most of the modern day religions are all about fantasies, magic, and mind control. People blindly believe, because their parents and peers did. They imagine the rest. Not many of them objectively analyze these religious fantasies and the mindless traditions. How many of these fantasies are supported by science or empirical evidences? We accept and adopt everything scientific, except when it comes to religions. In religion, we blindly close our minds, and blunder through beliefs. Check out www.whichfaith.110mb.com for an attempt to open your minds and be rational in your views.
Oh my dears
your LORD is ONE UNSEEN LORD
call HIM
ALLAH
ISHWER
REHMAN
KUDAA
GOD
but call HIM with respect
do not abuse each other or each other's religion
worship none but ONE UNSEEN ALLAH (ISHWER)
Sanatan Dharma is the only true Dharma.
Rest are the manifestation of demon Kali in Kali Yug.
Ved Gyan is the only way to salvation and it disappears in Kali Yug. Only Lord Kalki will reveal the true Ved Gyan.
for you your religion and for me my religion
finish hatred
meet each other with respect
respect individual
no cast , no creed , no color only love and respect
let them convert or revert where ever they want every would be cool and fine
OH OUR ISHWER ONE ALLAH HAVE MERCY ON US (ALL HUMAN BEING)
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