I wish my all buddies and members at WHT a very happy and prosperious DIWALI. :)

This DIWALI may bring happiness, joy and lots of accounts :D in your life.

On DIWALI we all indians pray to our gods like Laxmi (god of money and gold) and exchange sweets and gifts with our dear ones and family members etc., and fire crakers in the sky. i will also post some pics of diwali celebration. It is the biggest celeberation in india like CHRISTMAS in USA.

Here is breif about DIWALI

This Diwali which leads us into Truth and Light is celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya - the 15th day of the dark fortnight of the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) every year. It symbolises that age-old culture of our country which teaches us to vanquish ignorance that subdues humanity and to drive away darkness that engulfs the light of knowledge. Diwali, the festival of lights even to-day in this modern world projects the rich and glorious past of our country and teaches us to uphold the true values of life.


Diwali festival is celebrated on a grand scale in almost all the regions of India and is looked upon mainly as the beginning of New Year. As such the blessings of Lakshmi, the celestial consort of Lord Vishnu are invoked with prayers. Even countries like Kenya, Thailand, Trinidad, Siam and Malaya celebrate this festival but in their own ways.



You can find more about diwali at

http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan/diwali.html

HAPPY DIWALI
- Mahinder Dangwani
:)


Forgot to mention this year Diwali is on November 14 2001.

Happy Diwali to you to!

and a happy Diwali from me too. On a spur of the moment thing I checked laxmi.com. Lakshminarayanan Govindan owns it. I bet he had a hell of a time spelling that in first grade :D

and yeah before you check diwali.com is taken too :)

On a more serious note it's nice to see you guys in India are still happy and well, and celebrating considering what's going on not too far away.

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It symbolises that age-old culture of our country which teaches us to vanquish ignorance that subdues humanity and to drive away darkness that engulfs the light of knowledge. Diwali, the festival of lights even to-day in this modern world projects the rich and glorious past of our country and teaches us to uphold the true values of life.

sounds like just the thing to celebrate and pray for right now :D

Greg Moore

Very Happy Diwali to everybody

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Happy diwali everyone! :)

This reminds me to buy fire crackers before the stock runs out..

Likewise to you too!

HAPPY DIWALI AND NEW YEAR TO ALL !!

Happy Divali to all the members of the forum. Bloody typical though........On Divali (14th November) guess where I will be? No, not enjoying all the presents and sweets, but at the Internet World exhibition at GMEX Manchester!!!! lol All the perks of being in the web business eh? :bawling: