Thursday, 24 October 2024

Celebrating debilitated sun & moon

"Tailey Lakshmi; Jaley Ganga"

"Lakshmi dwells in oils; Ganga in waters" - is the saying for Deepawali festivities. 

It is mandatory even for monks, nuns and renunciates to anoint themselves with oils, and have a bath at dawn.

Shaastras or guidelines also say, that a simple array of lamps - an avali of deepas - be lit, at nightfall. 

- as held in south Indian tradition

No comments:

Post a Comment