'Festival of Lights' or Deepavali is a festival which has the
potential of unifying entire India because of the charisma and
splendor surrounding this festival. Diwali has been given the
traditional name of 'festival of lights' because of the hundreds
and thousands of small oil lamps or diyas lighted by many
households. The burning of these diyas are considered to be the
lighted pathway of a person's expression of happiness and also a
manner of paying obeisance to God, the Supreme power for
attainment of health, prosperity, knowledge, financial security
and peace in one's life. 'The festival of lights' is celebrated
with much enthusiasm and zeal in all of north India. In fact the
festival of Diwali is regarded to bring the supernatural joy and
brightness in a person's life with the hope of discovering light
amidst darkness, achieving happiness in place of ignorance and
spreading of love amidst hatred and violence. The tradition of
lighting the diyas on Diwali holds much importance as in Hindu
mythology the li