Electronic City, Bangalore
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| Happy Deepavali |
दीप एक जलता रहे
पर्व है पुरुषार्थ का,
दीप के दिव्यार्थ का,
देहरी पर दीप एक जलता रहे,
अंधकार से युद्ध यह चलता रहे,
हारेगी हर बार अंधियारे की घोर-कालिमा,
जीतेगी जगमग उजियारे की स्वर्ण-लालिमा,
दीप ही ज्योति का प्रथम तीर्थ है,
कायम रहे इसका अर्थ, वरना व्यर्थ है,
आशीषों की मधुर छांव इसे दे दीजिए,
प्रार्थना-शुभकामना हमारी ले लीजिए!!
झिलमिल रोशनी में निवेदित अविरल शुभकामना
आस्था के आलोक में आदरयुक्त मंगल भावना !!
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The festival of Lights, the festival of ‘diyas’, the festival marking the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after defeating the evil ‘Ravana’, the festival of worshiping ‘Maa Lakshmi’, the Goddess for wealth and prosperity… is here again. This evening I was walking across the crowded streets of Electronic City Market, was quite amazed to see people, rich or poor, everyone busy purchasing stuffs for the festival tomorrow. I was thinking India is such a huge country with billions of people, and everywhere people would be busy in a similar manner preparing for their Diwali celebrations. Diwali is one such festival which is celebrated across the nation and beyond with equal fervor and enthusiasm irrespective of caste, culture, language and region barriers.
