Tim Boon
Leicestershire
Shahid Sheikh
Cricket couch
Mayor of Leicester
Salim Tejani
Sharif Tejani
President LCP
Amin Tejani - LCP
Diwali is celebrated all over the world on the Hindu New Year, which
according to the lunar calendar, falls on the full moon between October and November.
The festival called Festival of Light, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light
over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. However, the actual legends that go
with the festival are different in different parts of India
One of the legends is that Diwali marks the day when Lord Ram was crowned as the
King of Ayodhya on his return to the kingdom with wife Sita and brother Laxman
after 14 years of exile and slaying of the demon King Ravan. To celebrate their return,
the people of Ayodhya lit divas, little oil lamps, and placed them along the streets.
Lady Miria Kayitesi
In India, courtyards are swept and decorated with ‘rangoli’ – patterns created with
powdered or wet paint. Doorways of homes are festooned with ‘torans’ – decorative
garlands made with golden marigolds and fresh mango leaves. Private and communal
worship is a major feature of the festival, and devout Hindus wake up early and bathe
at the crack of dawn to go to temple.
The time is also signifi cant to Sikhs. During the festival time in 1620, the sixth
Guru, Hargobind Singh, gained the release of 52 Hindu princes who had been falsely
imprisoned in Gwallior Fort by the rulers of the area, the Mughals. The Golden
Temple was lit with many lights to welcome the release of Guru Hargobind and Sikhs
have continued the celebration.
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Jaffer Kapasi OBE
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