Popular Reasons to Celebrate Diwali
Among the Top 10 Indian Festivals that are celebrated in the nation, one of the most popular festivals is Diwali. However, there are very few people who actually know the significance of celebrating Diwali besides the return of Lord Rama. Diwali is just not the festivals of lights or the occasion when you get the Corporate Diwali gifts . Here are the popular reasons to celebrate Diwali . Birthday of Goddess Lakshmi Diwali is considered to be a day when the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi was incarnated from the depth of the ocean that was said to be bottomless. According to the Hindu scriptures both Devas(gods) as well as the Asuras (demons) were mortal (Mrita) initially. Having seeked a deathless condition (Amarattva), both of them churned the ocean with an intention to seek the Amrita which is considered to be the nectar of immortality. While this process was going on a lot of divine celestial objects came to the forefront and the most eminent among these was the Goddess Lak...