DIWALI ESSAY - HISTORY OF DIWALI

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Diwali story thousands of years ago, in the city of Ayodhya, there was a wise and good king named dashrath, who ruled along with his three queens and four princes.

 The eldest, ram and his beautiful wife, Sita, lived happily along with his other prince brothers and their wives. 

But one of king Dasaratha's wife was jealous of ram and demanded that he be exiled to the forest for 14 years so that her son, Bharat, be made the king.

Having once promised his wife to fulfil any desire of hers, the helpless king exiled ram to the wooded area. And so, ram prompt walking accompained by way of his loving wife Sita, and constant more youthful brother, Lakshman.

A few years into their exile, a demoness named Surpanakha saw ram and fell or his looks. she asked ram to marry her. ram refused and asked her to go to Lakshman instead. but Lakshman also refused. Enraged, surpanakha showed her true form and Lakshman cut off her nose and ears.

The demoness went wailing to her brother who becomes none apart from ravan, the demon king of Lanka. ravan was furious and swore revenge. with the help of another demon who took the form of a golden deer, he distracted ram and Lakshman and kidnapped Sita from their hut. when ram and Lakshman returned, Sita was missing! 

Lord Ram and Lakshman thought something wrong had happened while lord Ram and Lakshman were gone and immediately rushed to search her. on their way, they came across an army of monkeys and bears that agreed to help them. amongst them become a monkey named Hanuman who had once vowed to overcome ram's carrier. Now Hanuman was no ordinary monkey. he could fly over mountains change size at will and had super-human strength. He had the power to jump across oceans in an unmarried stride. So glaringly, he ended up being Ram's strongest ally.

It was Hanuman who ultimately found sita, imprisoned in one in every of raven's lovely gardens. Hanuman reassured Sita that ram would be here soon to rescue her. he got here returned to ram with Sita's whereabouts and the army of monkeys, bears and men marched to Lanka. Soon, a great battle started between to two mighty armies and ram's soldiers managed to kill all the demons, expect one - Ravan. the battle was now between ram and ravan. he gave ravan one ultimate hazard to apologise and return Sita.

Ravan alternatively rained down weapones on him. ram too fought returned relentlessly, however, no matter all his efforts, nothing seemed to kill ravan. in the end, Ravan's brother vibheeshan advised ram that raven's weakest factor was in his navel. the usage of an arrow given to him with the aid of the gods, ram shot ravan within the navel and killed him instantly. 

and also ram and his love, Sita, were finally reunited. come again our home, they complete 14 years in exile, ram, Sita and Lakshman going beacuse they know everyone waiting for them. 

Dewali meaning The streets were decorated with flowers and lamps and there was happiness everyehere. and this is why every year on diwali, you see the streets, homes and offices lit up with lamps, like the city of ayodhya, in celebation of ram and sita's homecoming.