Let's know about something History about the gratest festival Diwali...
Let's know about something History about the gratest festival Diwali... History Diwali dates back to ancient times in India, as a festival after the summer harvest in the Hindu calendar month of Kartika . The festival is mentioned in Sanskrit texts such as the Padma Purana , the Skanda Purana both completed in second half of 1st millennium AD but believed to have been expanded from a core text from an earlier era. The diyas (lamps) are mentioned in Skanda Purana to symbolically represent parts of sun, the cosmic giver of light and energy to all life, who seasonally transitions in the Hindu calendar month of Kartik. [21] [27] Hindus in some regions of India associate Diwali with the legend of Yama and Nachiketa on Kartika amavasya (Diwali night). [28] The Nachiketa story about right versus wrong, true wealth versus transient wealth, knowledge versus ignorance is recorded in Katha Upanishad composed in 1st millenn...