My day started off pretty much the same as it has been for the whole past week. I did some chores around the house, did a bit more cleaning, and then moved on to the part I’d been most excited about for days – Diwali decoration.
As exhausting as cleaning and decorating the house can be – which can really be A LOT in the context of Diwali – I think it’s all worth it for the joy you feel at the moment when you’re lighting up diyas. I love Deepavali, not only because of how beautiful and fun of a festival it is, but also because of its meaningful traditions. Such as, cleaning the house is a gesture to invite Goddess Lakshmi to our place to get her blessings, while lighting diyas symbolizes the victory of good over evil and light over darkness.
Later in the afternoon, I went to my garden to pick up some flowers for the puja in the evening. It’s a shame that all the marigolds I had planted in the hopes of making this diwali more special, none of them have bloomed yet. I was really disappointed when I realized a couple weeks ago that there’s no way my marigolds are going to bloom before Diwali. Now, I’m kind of holding a grudge against those flowers, not gonna lie.
But nevermind, I had these beautiful flowers to accompany me in my garden yesterday…
After helping my sister a little with some preparations for the puja, I got ready quickly, then went next door to my cousin sister who had asked me to make a rangoli for her. My cousin, she likes wasting no time, and while we were making the rangoli, she gave me some words of wisdom and said, “Our dogs are going to mess it up soon anyway, so stop worrying about details and putting your heart and soul in it. Let’s just make rangolis.”
Guys, her whole speech was inspiring. And she was right too. We have two dogs and both of them love to sit on the rangolis and leave after giving it their own touch. I was mad at them last year for messing up my precious rangoli that I had worked upon for hours. So this year, the aim was to just have fun and make lots of rangolis.
At the end of the day, we had six rangolis made by me, my sister, my cousin and my mom.
After completing all decorations and our rangolis, of course, we lit up the diyas and placed them everywhere around the house. Don’t they look beautiful!?
Later in the night, we worshiped and offered our prayers to Goddess Lakshmi. After the puja was completed, we all played for some time with fire crackers, and by ‘all’ I mean, my family including my cousin’s family, and our neighbors. Another thing I love about Deepavali is that it brings people together. Whenever I see a firework in the sky, I know that there is someone else who is celebrating this same festival, and I wish them a happy Diwali from my side.
I hope you enjoyed reading this post. I used my media storage quite recklessly in Blogtober, so this time I tried to save some space by sharing pictures that I’ve posted on Instagram, haha. For some more pics, you can check out my highlights named my cam and me on my profile.
See you next time! Happy Diwali!
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