Diwali is celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya(dark moon) - the 15th day of the dark fortnight of the Hindu month,Ashwin(October-November) Diwali,is the festival of lights which projects the rich and glorious past of India.On Diwali, all people exchange sweets, wear new clothes and buy jewelry.

Every year on the dark nights of Diwali the sound of firecrackers announces the celebration of the favorite festival of Hindus. Homes are decorated with lamps and lanterns, sweets are exchanged house to house.

On the day of Diwali festival, entrances are hung with torans of mango leaves and marigolds.Rangolis are drawn with different colored powders to welcome guests. The traditional motives are often linked with auspicious symbols of good luck. Oil lamps are arranged in and around the house.

The festival is called Dipawali or Diwali meaning 'a rows of lamps'. On this day, people buy something for the house or some jewelry for the women. It is auspicious day to be buy something metallic, such as silver etc.Of all the festivals celebrated in India.

Diwali is the most glamorous and important which is enthusiastically enjoyed by people of every religion. Its grandeour creates an atmosphere of joy and festivity. Diwali is the day when King Rama's victory was celebrated in Ayodhya after his epic war with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka.

The cities and outskirts of these kingdoms were lit up with rows of lamps, glittering on dark nights to welcome home the divine king Rama and the queen Sita,after their 14 years stay in forest, ending with the war in which the whole of the kingdom of Lanka and demon Ravan was destroyed.