DEEPAVALI

Woo Shi Nee

Chuah Saw Quan
Tan Hui Min
DIWALI short for ' Deepavali ' (Sanskrit)
Deep + avali = Deepavali
(light) (row) (row of lights)

Diwali usually falls in the middle

OCT of october to november.The date
Diwali starts changes every year
as it is dependent on the position
NOV of the moon and the Hindu lunar
calendar.

Celebrate by :

Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Sikhism

 Reason For Celebrating Diwali

Mark the Rama Symbol of Goddess

return to the city of Mark the death of
of wealth , Lakshmi Narakasura
Ayodhya after he coming home
defeated Ravana
 A Five Days Festival

Dhanteras
t s
g h
i
Triumph

L
of good

f
over evil. Naraka Chaturdashi

l o
i v a
Lakshmi Puja

s t
Fe Govardhan Pooja

Bhai Dooj
P
R
E First Day
P
A
R Clean the house and
A business premises
T thoroughly
I
O
N

Shop for gold

or kitchen
utensils
P
R Second Day
E
P
A
R
A Light small oil
T lamps (diyas)
I
O
N

Create design
pattern , rangoli
 Material :
1.Colour chalk
2.rice powder
3.Crushed
limestone

Rangoli
Rang + oil = Rangoli ( a row of
colours)
M
A Third Day
I
N

D Worshipping
A
Goddess Lakshimi
Y
with their families

Light some
firecrackers and
fireworks
 Fourth day

Make a small
hillock
 Fifth Day

Brothers visit
their sisters
 Traditional costume - women

Lehenga Choli Salwar kameez Lehenga saree

 Traditional costume - men

Kurta-Pyjama Sherwani
Chicken masala Anar
wrap sa

Mith Laddo
ai
Mullu Gulab Jamun
Murukku

Bar Soan
f Papdi
THE END