#Diwali in My City - Mumbai- India its a week challenge.

Hello local guides it’s Diwali festival week. Diwali is here and I am really very excited to celebrate with all my local guides.

A banner of diwali made on the canva on the occasion of Diwali by the lg (pratik_89, level-8)

Diwali is celebrated on the occasion of the lord Ram returning back to Ayodhya to the kingdom after 14 years of living in the forest obeying her mother’s decision.

Diwali is celebrated in every part of India as well in various countries like London and USA
Diwali is called the festival of lights and it is also the new year to the Hindu religion. The homes and streets are decorated with lights and diyas ,gifts and sweets are given to friends and family.

Diwali is celebrated the following 5 days
1st day of Diwali is called Dhanteras Where people buy gold or silver as per their convenience it is called shubh to buy.

2nd day is called called choti Diwali it is just a usual day nothing special just people enjoy holidays with family.
3rd day is Lakshmi pujan where Diwali is actually called people do Laxmi Pujan at home or office we worship to Goddess Lakshmi to bring prosperity and wealth to the family in future.

4th day is a “Saal Mubarak” it’s a new year for all the Hindu religions we wish everyone by saying happy new year.

5th day is bhai dooj where brother -sister meet each other.

So let’s all participate in this challenge called #diwali in my city

Share the photo of the street filled full of lightnings

Share the Rongoli picture if you or friends have made

Share the lighting decoration at your place or at your office.

Please note this a one week challenge lets fill the connect with Diwali festivals.

Thank You & Happy Guiding.

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Excellent post with photos of Rangoli and decorations in office @Pratik_89 :+1:

Nicely captures the vibes of Diwali in Mumbai.

A special feature of the Diwali out here in Pune is the Fort modeling competition that is held every year:

Kids of all ages participate in this competition and scaled-down models of the various forts of Maharashtra:

This is the photo of the winning model last year:

Photo Reference: https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/pune/fort-making-competition-cum-expo-held-sambhaji-garden-42298

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Excellent descriptions with beautiful pictures @Pratik_89

Picture of rangolis are looking very beautiful.

Happy Diwali

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#Diwali in my city - ghaziabad

I just have capture only two pics in my local area Diwali celebration. @Pratik_89 & @TusharSuradkar

Caption: Diwali vibes in my local area.

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Beautiful post @Pratik_89 , and got many great things about the festival of Lights and Colours.

So happy Diwali In advance, I hope you and all my friends who are celebrating Diwali on coming Sunday will celebrate this wonderful day with joy and happiness.

I’m tagging here my friend

@SwetaDhondoo , who is also preparing for celebration :tada: :tada:

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@Pratik_89 Happy Diwali! What an exciting challenge to celebrate the festival of lights together! Your detailed explanation of the various days of Diwali really brings out the richness and significance of this beautiful celebration. It’s heartwarming to see the traditions and rituals laid out so beautifully, making it an engaging experience for everyone involved.

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Hi @TusharSuradkar wishing you and your family a very Happy Diwali. That’s an excellent article.:diya_lamp: :sparkler:

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Thank you @Tandrima2 for the appreciation wishing you and your family a very happy Diwali :sparkler: :diya_lamp:

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The lightings are looking beautiful thanks @ShailendraOjha for sharing this amazing diwali pictures. Thank you so much for participating in the challange. Wishing you and your family a very happy Diwali :sparkler: :diya_lamp:

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Hi @KashifMisidia wishing you and your family a very Diwali :sparkler: :diya_lamp:

This diwali may bring a lots of joy and happiness to this community :heartpulse:

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making it an engaging experience for everyone involved… Thanks @Mo_TravelleerX for your more understanding this festival rituals i will share one of the basic festival event celebration link https://utsav.gov.in/view-event/deepotsav-1

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Thank you very much @Pratik_89 दीपावली के इस पावन अवसर पर, आपको और आपके परिवार को ढेरों शुभकामनाएँ। दीपावली हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ! :sparkler: @

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Happy Diwali @Pratik_89 and to all the local guides.

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Thank you so much for sharing this post about the Indian festival @Pratik_89

I like the Rangoli and it is so beautiful.

Let me share here a Rangoli pic from my home.

@Pratik_89 your post beautifully captures the spirit of Diwali in Mumbai! The images of rangolis and lighting decorations add a festive touch to the celebration. Wishing you and all the local guides a joyous Diwali week filled with lights, happiness, and community spirit :diya_lamp: :sparkles: