Diwali - The Festival of Lights Diwali is the most joyous of all the festivals of Hindus. It is celebrated all over India with much gaiety and enthusiasm for four days in the months of October or November. This time of the year, the kharip crop is harvested and cotton crop brings cash. Goddess Laxmi, symbolizing prosperity and wealth, is worshiped on the no moon day of the month of Ashwin according to Hindu almanac. It marks the beginning of New Year for Vaishya community - merchants, businessmen and traders. Diwali is seen victory of good over evil, of knowledge over ignorance, of truth over untruth https://www.boloji.com/articles/659/diwali--the-festival-of-lights