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[caption id="attachment_2215" align="alignright" width="123" caption="Diwali Wishes"][/caption] Diwali is a festival when people send their wishes across the globe for that reason many websites are offering online Diwali greeting cards, Diwali pictures as well as Diwali postcards. Prasad said. Diwali is celebrated in almost every part of the world and its significance along with the exuberant celebration that takes place, is undoubtedly a remarkable one. Exchange of wishes, gifts, and sweets form the part of this grand festival is definitely heart- touching which completely illuminates the celebration of Diwali.

[caption id="attachment_2214" align="alignright" width="123" caption="Diwali Pictures"][/caption] The Diwali 2009 will be celebrated on 17th of October 2009. Diwali 2009 should be a blessing in disguise for all the down market. Rangoli is a popular art form among Indian women.During Diwali, Goddess Lakshmi is believed to visit homes that are well lit, so families decorate their homes. People wear their best clothes or buy new ones, children are given presents and new year greetings are exchanged through visits or Diwali cards. Diwali 2009 bring rise for the market and people get the edge in this festival. Have a good time with the below

[caption id="attachment_2212" align="alignright" width="130" caption="Diwali Messages"][/caption] May the festival of lights be the harbinger of joy and prosperity. As the holy occasion of Diwali is here and the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of mirth and love, here's hoping this festival of beauty brings your way, bright sparkles of contentment, that stay with you through the days ahead.Best wishes on Diwali and New yea Message 1.Hope this Diwali brings contentment to your life along with the doorway to success 2. My Prayers to God, wishing everything happy and bright come to you this Diwali 3. Colors of Rangoli along with the gleam of Diyas Wishes

[caption id="attachment_2223" align="alignright" width="118" caption="Diwali Puja Time"][/caption] The right time to perform Lakshmi Puja on Diwali is at 6.13 to 8.31. It is measured as Pradosh Kaal,” which is most suitable time for Diwali Puja. “Nishit Kaal” is also good time for making Lakshmi Puja. It is at night 11.39 to 12.25 measured as Nishit Kaal. To indicate her long awaited arrival, small footprints are drawn with rice flour and vermilion powder (kumkum) all over the houses. Lamps are kept burning all through the nights.

[caption id="attachment_2211" align="alignright" width="116" caption="Diwali Greetings"][/caption] Diwali is also known as Deepawali, or the Festival of Lights. Light is significantin Hinduism because it signifies goodness. So, during the Festival of Lights, ‘deeps’, or oil lamps, are burned throughout the day and into the night to ward off darkness and evil. Homes are filled with these oil lamps, candles and lights. Diwali is celebrated on the last day of the last month of lunar calendar. In northern India, especially in places like the Punjab, Diwali is dedicated to the worship of Lord Rama, who had been exiled from his empire, India, for

[caption id="attachment_2177" align="alignright" width="123" caption="Diwali 2009"][/caption] Diwali is one of the biggest festival of Hindus, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third days is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or 'Festival of lights'. Different colorful varieties of fireworks are always associated with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light up diyas and candles all around their house. During Dev Diwali, a cultural festival called ‘Ganga Mahotsav’ is celebrated in Varanasi. Prabodhini Ekadashi is the important day in these celebrations. Large number of people throngs to Dasaswamedh Ghat

[caption id="attachment_2272" align="alignright" width="130" caption="Bhai Duj"][/caption] Diwali, the vibrant festival of lights, brings with it a chance to revive relationships. The fifth day of the five-day festival is especially dedicated to honor the unique bond between brother and sister. Known as Bhai Dooj or Bhaiya Duj, it falls on the second day after Diwali, that is, on 'Shukla Paksha Dwitiya' in the Hindi month of 'Kartik'. Thus, Bhayya Duj is the festival that marks the end of Diwali celebrations. It falls on the new moon night, approximately one day after the festival of Diwali. The name Bhai Dooj, with "bhai" meaning

NSE/BSE has special Muhurat trading on the day of Diwali.Saturday, 17th October 2009. Diwali Muhurat Trading / Deepavali 2009 Muhurat Trading timings will be announce soon. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India remain close for trading Holidays For 2009: Date Occasion

[caption id="attachment_2176" align="alignright" width="118" caption="Dhanteras 2009"][/caption] Dhanteras is considered as the most auspicious day for the Hindus. Dhanteras is the first day of five-day Diwali festival. Dhanteras, also known as Dhantrayodashi or Dhanvantari Triodasi, is celebrated on thirteenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Kartik. As such this day of the five-day diwali festival has a great importance for the rich mercantile community of western India. Houses and business premises are renovated and decorated. Entrances are made colorful with lovely traditional motifs of rangoli designs to welcome the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Devotees believe that purchasing any new things

[caption id="attachment_2127" align="alignright" width="131" caption="TUCMUC"][/caption] The tucmuc website for free html codes for images, greetings, animations for leaving scraps on Orkut and other social networking sites. TucMuc has html codes for almost all the major Indian Fesivals and worldwide celeberations, these includes scraps and greeting codes for Holi, Diwali, Christmas, New Year, Friendship Day and many similar festivals and occasions. The user can find greetings and scraps for many different occasions on this website.