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Diwali 2020: Importance and significance of Rangoli

Although Diwali is touted as a festival of lights, colours also play a big role in this festival. Read about the significance and importance of rangoli.

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It's that time of the year when colours adorn the threshold of your abode and you spend hours making your rangoli look beautiful. Although Diwali is touted as a festival of lights, but colours also play a big role in this festival.

This year, Diwali, the festival of lights will be celebrated all across the country from November 14. People all over the country will make the most of the five-day celebrations.

The word Rangoli is coined from two words, "Rang" and "Aavali" which means, row of colors. Rangoli patterns are usually made using coloured chalk, rice powder, and crushed limestone.

The designs and colors used in making a rangoli vary greatly based on the regions, tradition and culture of the people.

Diwali is celebrated, primarily to herald the coming of the Goddess Lakshmi. Prayers are offered to her, asking for her blessings in the form of wealth.

But have you ever really wondered why rangolis form an essential part of festive celebrations in India?

Well, in Hinduism, every tradition or gesture is symbolic of a deeper meaning.

A rangoli design is created at the entrance of the house, not just to welcome the guests that visit, but also the Goddess herself.  A Rangoli is also bordered by a lotus design, to represent the Goddess Lakshmi.

Rangolis are not just meant for the beautification of the house but is supposed to prevent evil from entering the home.

Here's an explanation to support the age-old belief and practice.

Both positive and negative energy dwell in the atmosphere. The saying 'You reap as you sow' aptly fits into this situation. 

The reason why we say we must think positive is that we tend to invite positivity by thinking constructively and being optimistic.

Negative thinking is never straight. Rangoli designs always look complicated because the negativity that is in the air gets entangled in the complexity of the rangoli design and fails to enter the house.

Hence rangolis absorb evil and prevent negativity from harming us. They also remind us to keep thinking positively.

Diwali is a day of reflection, to overcome the darkness in one's life and lead a better life in the future.

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