Celebrating Deepavali - Reasons, Traditions & Memoirs

Please refer this thread for more info about Diwali festival.

Diwali - Festival of Lights

Happy Diwali / Deepavali to all of you and your family.

Hello everyone,

What are your plans for the coming diwali...lots of diyas/candles/glow lights.Please share your plans or arrangement ideas here.How your day starts and ends.

vani

Happywoman,

Just getting ready to make some simple sweets........the ingredients required, yesterday i have purchased them, the whole house cleaning work is on the process, have to buy some curtains ..............diwali means its so much fun..................

Hi,

This Diwali is very special for me, since it is my first diwali in India after marriage. Planning to do diwali pooja, given by chitra madam, make some sweets, and savories, wear new clothes and enjoy a lot with family and friends.

Regards,
Yamuna.

happy diwali yamuna(thalai diwali ie first diwali after marriage)

prabha

Hi vani,


lot of cleaning work going on. cleaning the entire house with soap solution.......

completed kundan work saree on a silk cotton saree to wear during Diwali.

In chennai there is lot of fun during Diwali.

here in Hyd there is nothing great done during diwali except for meeting friends......

prabha

Hi padma,

what sweets are u planning to prepare ?

prabha

Dear All,

Already started with the diwali cleaning.

I am planning to decorate the house with a few thalis with candles and rangoli on them. Already went shopping for the candles but couldn't find any.

Planning to make besan ladoos, sevai kheer ( I don't like rice kheer), gujia and a small chocolate cake.
For dinner I am thinking about aloo paratha, khadi, pumpkin, bhaigan, beans and some more veggies. And ofcourse hot steaming basmati rice.

hi all,
our cleaning of the house isalready done, will sit over ther weekend with mum to discuss what sweets and chocolates to make i have got somenice dates from saudi so will make something with dates,will make bounty chocolate.
will stay at home next week to help mum with the savories.
we actually celebrate theday after diwali it is our new year.
thisweekend my brother istaking us shopping for whatever we sisters want, it iwll be a blast.

alpa

hi all,

im excited to hear your diwali plans. Cleaning.....that reminds me even i hv to do that!!
I miss my mom and sis back in India where they would have lots of fun,In US, diwali is not fun at all without crackers,its just like any other festival but still a blessing to be with family.
Im planning to decorate my patio and some part of the house with a candle and alternatively a flower (colorful) so that it looks like a pattern and have lots of my kids pics clicked.I shall hv the glow lights hanging in the patio starting from diwali and will go on upto new year since my kids want them to be there for the halloween,thanksgiving and christmas as well.
Though i dont have a sweet tooth, i still hv to make a sweet as its an occasion...so planning for khubani ka meetha (hyd delicacy)