FROM the EYES of DR AJAY KUMAR OJHA :
DIVINE DELIGHTFUL DEV DEEPAWALI OF VARANASI(INDIA)
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Varanasi also known as Banaras is situated on the banks of river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh & is the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism. The city has played an important role in the development of Buddhism as Sarnath (a suburb of Varanasi & place of Buddhist pilgrimage) is the place where Gautam Buddha is said to have given his first sermon about the principles of Buddhism.
It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Mark Twain, the renowned Indophile, said of Varanasi " Benaras is older than history,older than tradition,older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together."
Varanasi is also known as the favorite city of Lord Shiva as it has been mentioned in Rigveda that this city in older times was known as Kashi or Shiv Ki Nagri.
Varanasi has now the privilege of becoming the constituency of Prime Minister for the first time. Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in Lok Sabha will be developed as a 'smart city' with cooperation and experience of Kyoto, the Japanese 'smart city' which is a confluence of heritage and modernity.
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Ganga Mahotsav is a five-day music festival held in November-December culminating a day before Kartik Poornima (Dev Deepawali). On Kartik Poornima, the Ganges is venerated by arti offered by thousands of pilgrims. The Dev Deepawali the festival of Kartik Poornima is also called " the Diwali of the Gods" or "Festival of Lights of the Gods". The steps of all the ghats on the riverfront of the Ganges are lit with more than a million earthen lamps in honour of Ganga. The Gods are believed to descend to earth to bathe in the Ganges on this day.
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During Dev Deepawali, houses are decorated with oil lamps & colour designs on their front doors. Firecrackers are burnt at night, procession of decorated deities are taken out in the streets of Varanasi and oil lamps are set afloat on the river thus creating a breathtaking sight.
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DEV DEEPAWALI OF VARANASI
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