Diwali in the Tamil Nadu is celebrated in the month of aipasi (thula month) 'naraka chaturdasi' thithi,preceding amavasai(New moon Day). In this year Amavasai comes on the day on Diwali. The preparations for the Diwali Festival begin the day before,when the oven is cleaned, smeared with lime, four or five kumkum dots are applied, and then it is filled with water for the next day's oil bath. The house is washed and decorated with kolam (rangoli) patterns with kavi (red oxide). For Diwali Festival, in the traditional pooja room, betel leaves, betel nuts, plaintain fruits, flowers, sandal paste, kumkum, gingelly oil, turmeric powder, scented powder is kept.Crackers and new dresses are placed in a plate after smearing a little kumkum or sandal paste.
ON Diwali Day : Oil Bath : The Diwali day begins with everyone in the family taking an oil
bath before sunrise, a custom arising from a belief that having an oil bath in the morning on the day of diwali is equivalent to taking bath in the Ganges. Before the bath, elders in the house apply gingelly oil on the heads of the younger members.
Diwali Lehiyam ( A Medicinal Paste) : The custom is to first take a small quantity of deepavali lehiyam (medicinal, ayurvedic paste) after the oil bath and then have breakfast.
UKKARAI : How many of have tasted ukkarai ? A special sweet only for diwali.
New Dresses : Even though we have many dresses, we must wear one new material on that day .
Crackers : Not only children, But also adults have be burn crackers. Then only diwali will be fulfilled.
Kuthu vilaku (oil lamp) is lit in the pooja room. Mats or wooden planks are placed facing east. After naivedhya (offering to the Gods) of the items, a plaintain fruit is given to each member of the family followed by betel leaves and betel nuts. Those who have to perform 'pithru tharpanam' will have a second bath perform the tharpanam and don't eat rice at night.
ABOVE ALL, WE MUST SPREAD HARMONY . WE MUST HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURS SHARE SWEETS. WE MUST GIVE SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE, WHO NEEDED HELP ON THIS DAY. WE CAN GIVE FOOD TO AN ASHRAM. WE CAN GIVE WRITING MATERIALS TO THE POOR STUDENTS. WE CAN DONOTE , WHATEVER SMALL MAY BE , GIVE TO THE NEEDED PEOPLE. WE CAN SEE THE HAPPINESS IN THE FACES OF THOSE PEOPLE. WE HOPE OUR READERS ALSO AGREE WITH OUR VIEW.
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