Diwali - The Festival of Lights...

Diwali (or Dipawali, often spelt Deepavali) is a respectable festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and an formalised holiday in India. Disciples of these religions celebrate Diwali as the Festival of Lights. They illuminate diyas—cotton strand wicks infixed in tiny mud pots loaded with oil—to signify victory of good over the bad inside an individual.

As per Hindu calendar, the five day fete of Diwali is centered on the new moon day that stops the month of Ashwin and begins the month of Kartika, starting on the 13th day of the black half of Ashwin (Ashwin 28th) and ceasing along the second day of the bright half of Kartika (Kartika 2nd). The big day of jubilation changes regionally.

In Hinduism, across many regions of India and Nepal, it is the return of Rama after a 14-year exile in the forest and his victory all over the Ravana. In the fable, the people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) received Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (dĭpa), therefore its name: dipawali. All Over time, this word changed into Diwali in Hindi and Dipawali in Nepali, but yet retained its original form in South and East Indian Languages.

In Jainism, Diwali marks the acquirement of nirvana by Mahavira on 15 October, 527 BC.

Diwali has existing remarkable in Sikhism since the illumination of the town of Amritsar marking the return of Guru Har Gobind Ji (1595-1644), the sixth Guru of Sikhism, who was imprisoned along with 56 other Hindu kings at Fort Gwalior by Emperor Jahangir. After freeing the other prisoners, he went to the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) in the blessed city of Amritsar, where he was received happily by the masses who lit wax lights and divas to greet the Guru. Because of this, Sikhs oftentimes refer to Diwali also as Bandi Chhorh Divas - "the day of release of detainees."

The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists in Nepal, a majority-Hindu state, especially the Newar Buddhists.

In India and Nepal, Diwali is now taken to be a national fete, and the aesthetic prospect of the fete is loved by most Indians and Nepalese regardless of religion.[5]

On the day of Diwali, many wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks. Some North Indian business organisation communities begin their fiscal year on Diwali and new report books are opened on this day.