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Happy Divali to All!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:21 am
by Bhairav
Well, Happy Divali to everyone. Divali is a Hindu/Jain festival which signifies the victory of Light over Darkness. It literally is the Festival of Lights. It signifies the day when Ram, the King of Ayodhya returned to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile.
It's a nice day, an excuse to stuff our faces with delicious mithai or Indian sweets.
For more:
http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/diwali1.html

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:36 am
by dodecahedron
Happy Holiday!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:50 am
by Bhairav
Thanks, o great Polyhedral One
:wink:

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:27 am
by Ian
I've never heard of Divali... but I never pass up an opportunity to party. :D

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:11 pm
by Bhairav
Oh, it's a lovely time of the year.. we get RICH.. big payments from our elderly relatives :wink: , eat fatty fried stuff and just freak out!
BTW, Dubya celebrated Divali this year too!

http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/23us1.htm

Hope he enjoyed it 8)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:24 pm
by TheWizard
This is not a knock toward either religion, but we now have two Festivals of Lights. Hanukkah being the other. :)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:10 pm
by Bhairav
Oh,that's cool. Isn't Hanukkah the time when Jewish people celebrate the rededication of their Temple in Jerusalem?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:15 pm
by aviationwiz
bhairavp wrote:Oh,that's cool. Isn't Hanukkah the time when Jewish people celebrate the rededication of their Temple in Jerusalem?


Yup. We get $$$ too.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:46 pm
by eliminator
party on ! 8) :D

PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 1:04 am
by pranav81
HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL YOU GUYS!!!
Diwali,here in India is king of all festivals.So we enjoy a lot here during Diwali.....
See ya guys later,


::Pranav::