Deepawali Celebration 2021

Date- 04.11.2021

Time- 12:15 pm onwards

Venue- Admin Block

One of the most popular festivals of India, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance “The festival gets its name from the row (avail) of clay lamps (deepa)that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. Over the centuries, Diwali has become a national festival that’s also enjoyed by non-Hindu communities. For instance, in Jainism, Diwali marks the nirvana, or spiritual awakening, of Lord Mahavira on October 15, 527 B.C.; in Sikhism, it honours the day that Guru Hargobind Ji, the Sixth Sikh Guru, was freed from imprisonment. Buddhists in India celebrate Diwali as well.

The word Diwali or Deepawali as it’s sometimes called means “row of lights” in an Ancient language of India, called Sanskrit. During this festival, people decorate their homes with lights and oil lamps, called diya’s.  For many people, Diwali honours the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. The lights and lamps are said to help Lakshmi find her way into peoples’ homes, bringing prosperity in the year to come!

On 04^th November 2021, we at IBA celebrated Deepawali with cheerfulness and Elation. Students were present in ethnic wear. The puja was done at Admin block at 12.30pm and 6.30 pm followed by Sweets Distribution. Our eyes were delighted to watch the entire IBA campus decorated with Lights and Diya’s. Students lit the Diya’s in Admin block, CR block, Santripti, KMC block and pathways, and Our buildings were decorated with Lighting sets.

Of course, How can The festivals of light end without burning Crackers, The burning of firecrackers marks the victory of the Good over the Evil. It is believed that It brings peace, prosperity, wealth and health. We at IBA ended the day by burning crackers, with a lot of merriment. With No doubt we had homely comfort by celebrating this Festival at IBA campus and enjoyed every moment.