DIWALI FESTIVAL-2009

Hello friends WISH U ALL HAPPY DIWALI,MAY GOD BLESS U AND BRING BRIGHTNESS IN YOUR LIFE.
INGREDIENS FOR VERMICELLI PAYASAM
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1. Vermicelli-1cup
2. Milk-5 cups
3. Pecans-4 table spoons
4. Almond powder-2 table spoons
5. Butter-2 table spoons

METHOD:
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1. Met the butter and add the pecancs roast well and add the vermicelli and roast well and set a side
2. Now boil milk and add the vermicelli mixture cook until it softens
3. Now add the almond powder and cook for 5 more minutes
4. Finaly add 1 cup of sugar and cook for more 15 minutes on low-medium flame
5. Garnish with fried raisins
   
   


6. Picture of Diwali puja

2.Evening I deccorated home with candles

GODDESS LAXMI DEVI-mainly we perform puja and get blessings from to develop health and wealth

DEEPAM-Gives brightness for life,welcomes Laxmi Devi to home,

The festval is named because we invite Goddess Laxmi Devi by litting lamps( dipalu) as DEEPAVALI.Hindu history says that lord SriRama Has become the king of ayodhya on this day,and king vikramarka was alsobecame king on the same day.people think on this holy day Goddess laxmi will visit all homes on this day so that all will clean the homes,and mop with cow dounge,and decorate homes with flowers and lit fire (deepam).

Bali chakravarthy the demon king will prison the Goddess laxmi and all other Gods,to help them lord Vishnu will come as Vamana and asks bali to give 3 steps,For the first step he will occupy sky,univers and the third step on earth,later he puts his foot on balis head and press him to pathala loka.And release goddess lami and other gods,they will go to kshirasagaram and will celebrate the day,so it is called diwali.

another story says that budhevi's and lord Varaha swamy son is narakasura,he was a demon king and treated Gods as slaves and willbe very violent,so protect against him. Gods will pray Lord Vishnu, So their will be a war going on between narakasura and lord Krishna and sathyabama,Sathyabama will kill Narakasura and then all will celebrate diwali

3 DAYS FESTIVAL CELEBRATION AT MY HOME

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DEEPAVALI in Andhra Pradesh is celebrated for 3 days

• NARAKA CHATHURDASHI/BOGHI
  


• DEEPAVALI



• BALI PADYAMI

NARAKA CHATHURDASHI:Today in the morning we decorate home with mariegold flowers and tie mango leaves thoran to all rooms at home. we celebrate this day as boghi,on this day we do abhishekam for gods and put semya sweet as naivedyam and give mangala harathi to God,later it is a tradition in my home that all gents in home should sit in lane and al the women together will give mangal hararthi for the men,in return they will give money to the women.then we all pray god and eat prasadam

evening women will lit the lamps and kids and others will enjoy firing the crackers

DEEPAVALI :SECOND DAY CELEBRATION

With Marie Gold flowers we make thotle(cradle) and we keep it on puja room where we celebrate nomulu,parents will sit together and do KEDARESHWARA NOMULU , in front of God,and pujari will make puja,and parents also perform it.They do GOURAMMA PUJA made of turmeric which is placed on 2 beetle leaves,and the beetlenut is treated as Lord Ganesha,Laxmi idol in the middle,and Kalasham at the front.

NAIVEDYAM:

We make a curry called kalakura(mixed vegetable curry) made of 21 vegetables ,and the next variety is Burelu(jaggery appam ) and rice,curries .all these well offer for god.this curry should be done only people who will perform Nomulu

Evening we lit Deepam in various designs and also Rangoli,and enjoy firing the crackers

BALI PADYAMI:
Non vegetarians Will give Bali on this day ,and eat non veg,but in my home we make vegetable Biryani and some recipes and enjoy the day

Like this the whole three days we enjoy Deepavali