The Tihar Festival
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Tihar is one of the greatest festivals of Hinduism. This festival is also known as Deepawali and The Festival of Light’. It generally falls on the month of Kartik. It is the festival of brothers and sisters. Brothers from far places Come to their sisters. Sisters put Tika and garland wishing long, prosperous, and good life for their brothers.
The Tihar festival is observed for five days. This is called Yama Panchak’. The very first day of Tihar is ‘Kag Tihar’. People do worship the crow as their messenger on this day. People also keep some delicious food outside their homes in the name of crow. The second day of Tihar is ‘Kukur Tihar’. People worship dogs on this day. They put Tika on its forehead and also a garland around its neck. They give delicious food to eat for it. In the same way, the third day of Tihar is ‘Gai Tihar’ or ‘Laxmi Puja’. This day is very important. In the morning, people worship the cow and also place the garland around its neck. They give delicious food to the cow. People worship the goddess Laxmi. People also light candles and Diyas in their houses.
People keep their houses very clean and decorate their houses. After that, they worship the goddess Laxmi. There is also a tradition of day Puja to the wealth or money of people on this day. In the same way, the fourth day of Tihar is ‘Gobardhan Puja’ and people worship oxen on this day. The fifth and the last day of Tihar is ‘Bhai Tika’. Sisters worship their brothers on this day. They put seven different colors on the forehead of their brothers and also put garlands around their necks. They serve fruits, varieties of Rotis, and other delicious food to their brother. Brothers also give clothes and money as gifts. They enjoy dancing and singing Bhailo and Deusi.
There are both good and bad aspects of festivals. Hence, we need to enjoy this festival. We should spend money according to Our capacity. We need to be aware of playing with firecrackers.
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