Hello Friends !!! 😃😛
Firstly a very - very HAPPY DIWALI to you all 😊 😛 , May this diwali brings lots of success , prosperity, love, happiness in your life. Its a festival of light with may the glowing lights enlighten your lives too with lots of pretty colors and glow..😳😃
you all will now surely thinking that , why parii when we already have the Diwali Thread. Actually me is here to let you learn some thing new, might be.. 😃😳
friends we all acquaintant that, why we celebrate Diwali in hinduism, that on this auspicious day the lord Ram returned along with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana from exile, as told in the ancient Hindu epic called the Ramayana. To some, Diwali marks the return of Pandavas after 12 years of vanvas and one year of agyatavas in the other ancient Hindu epic called the Mahabharata. Many other Hindus believe Diwali is linked to the celebration of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, and wife of deity Vishnu.
But today i'm going to learn to why DIWALI is Celebrated with lots of enthusiasm and excitement in sikhism too.
For Sikhs, Diwali is particularly important because it celebrates the release from prison of the sixth guru, Guru Hargobind Singh ji, and 52 other princes with him, in 1619.
Bandi Chhorh Divas
Yes, Sikhs celebrate Diwali as a day of Bandi Chhorh Divas.
Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhorh Divas to mark the return of the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, who was freed from imprisonment and also managed to arrange the release of 52 Hindu kings (political prisoners) at the same time from the famous fort of Gwalior by making clever use of Emperor Jahangir's orders. Jahagir had ordered that to allow anyone who could hold on to the Gurus coat tails to leave the fort with the Guru (October, 1619).
And so the kings/rajahs were freed and the Guru became known popularly as the "Bandi Chhor" (Deliverer from prison). He arrived at Amritsar on Diwali day and the Harmandar (also known as the "Golden Temple") was lit with hundreds of lamps to celebrate his return and hence the day came to be known as the "Bandi Chhor Divas" ("prisoner release day", "freedom day").
It was Diwali-day when he returned to Amritsar, and it became an occasion of rejoicing for the Sikhs. The Guru stayed in the fort for about two years.
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Edited by ...Parii..... - 10 years ago
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