Dev Diwali Greetings !! The 2nd Online Travel , Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh, India

Dev Deepawali is a festival celebrated in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi. As the name suggests it means “the festival of light for Gods” or the “Diwali of Gods”. It is grandly celebrated in Varanasi and is also a much sought after tourist attraction. The festival is also known as Tripuri Purnima and Tripurari Purnima. The festival has an old and long history. Tripurari is another name of Lord Shiva and there is a myth that Lord Shiva had killed Tripurasura on this day. Shiva has known to have firm command across space.

Dev Deepawali is celebrated on a full moon day in the Hindu month of Kartik which usually falls in  months of November.It is celebrated on the Kartik Poornima, fifteen days after Diwali Festival.

Dev Deepawali is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm in the holy city of Varanasi. It is also a major tourist attraction and more number of tourists visit the city during Dev Deepawali than in any other time of the year.  All the lodges , Guest Houses/ Paying Guest Houses and even the Star hotels completely remain packed up with the tourist from all over the universe .

Millions of diyas are lined up & lit along the ghats, sometimes in a beautiful pattern so as to depict a flower or something else. Floating diyas are also released in thousands of numbers by eager visitors and tourists; making the river bank glittering bright with light. All the houses and commercial buildings located on the bank are brightly lit with light. Such overwhelming view mesmerizes everyone who witnesses it. Several programs are simultaneously held along the river bank in which cultural heritage of country from different states is displayed by artists. People come to know about the folk dance and music of a distant located state.  It is huge and grand celebration of Lights celebrated in the holy capital of India.