Deepawali
Deepawali or Diwali is the “festival of lights“. It is a major festival and is celebrated throughout India. However, the most significant spiritual meaning of this festival is “the awareness of the inner light”.
As per Hindu scriptures, on this day, Lord Shri Rama had returned to Ayodhya after completing 14 years of exile. The people of Ayodhya (the capital of His kingdom) welcomed Lord Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (deepa), thus its name, Deepawali, or simply shortened as Diwali. Here Ayodhya symbolizes the human garb that essentially needs to be illumined from within on beholding the divinity of the Lord in one’s inner self.
To glorify this message, Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan celebrates Deepawali every year with elaborate splendour. Spiritual discourses and Bhajan Programmes are conducted at all branches, which reveal deep spiritual insights, associated with this festival of lights.
People celebrate Deepawali with crackers and raise pollution levels in the atmosphere. The disciples of Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji are always at the forefront of “No crackers- No pollution” campaign, hence, setting forth an exemplary inspiration for all.