Balipratipada
balipratipada balipratipadā also called balipadyami padva virapratipada dyutapratipada fourth day diwali hindu festival light celebrated honour notional return daityaking bali mahabali earth balipratipada fall gregorian calendar month october november first th day hindu month kartika first day bright lunar fortnight many part india gujarat rajasthan regional traditional new year day vikram samvat also called bestu vara varsha pratipada half amongst three half muhūrtas year balipratipada ancient festival earliest mention bali story acted drama poetry ancient india found c ndcentury bce mahābhāṣya patanjali panini astadhyayi festival link vedic era suraasura samudra manthana revealed goddess lakshmi bali king asura festivity find mention mahabharata ramayana several major purana brahma purana kurma purana matsya purana others balipratipada commemorates annual return bali earth victory vamana dwarf avatar god vishnu mark victory vishnu bali asura metamorphosis vamanatrivikrama time defeat bali already vishnudevotee benevolent ruler peaceful prosperous kingdom vishnu victory bali using three step ended war according hindu scripture bali asked granted boon vishnu whereby return earth year remembered worshipped reincarnate future birth indra balipratipada padva traditionally celebrated decorating floor colorful image bali – sometimes wife vindyavati nature abundance shared feast community event sport drama poetry session region rice food offering made recently dead ancestor shraddha horn cow bull decorated people gamble icon vishnu avatar created garlanded addition balipratipada sanskrit बालि प्रतिपदा marathi बळीप्रतिपदा pāḍvā पाडवा kannada ಬಲಿ ಪಾಡ್ಯಮಿ bali pāḍyami compound word consisting bali mythical daitya king also known mahabali pratipada also called padva mean occasion commence first day lunar fortnight also called akashadipa light sky balipratipada balirelated scripture ancient earliest mention bali story found c ndcentury bce mahābhāṣya patanjali panini astadhyayi state balim bandhayati refers person reciting bali legend acting stage state pv kane – sanskrit literature scholar attests imprisonment bali legend well known ndcentury bce form drama poetry ancient india according tracy pintchman – indologist festival link samudra manthana legend found vedic text describe cosmic struggle sura asura mahabali king asura legendary churning cosmic ocean created lakshmi – goddess worshipped diwali remembrance festivity associated lakshmi mahabali diwali linked festivity related bali balipratipada find mention vanaparva mahabharata ramayana several major purana brahma purana chapter kurma purana chapter matsya purana chapter others hindu text dharmasindhu discussion diwali state day diwali night balipratipada one three auspicious date year recommends oil bath worship bali icon along wife drawn floor five colored powder flower fruit food offered bali according bhavisyottra drama community spectacle organized hindu text suggest devout light lamp wear new clothes tie auspicious thread wear garland thank tool art decorate pray cow bull organize delightful community sport kaumudimahotsava temple palace ground pulling tugofwar rope bali prahladas grandson came power defeating god devas taking three world bali asura king well known bravery uprightness dedication god vishnu bali amassed vast territory invincible benevolent popular close associate werent like constantly attacking sura devas plundering god stood righteousness justice according vaishnava scripture indra defeated sura approached vishnu help battle bali vishnu refused join god violence bali bali good ruler devotee instead promising kill bali vishnu promised use novel mean help sura bali announced perform yajna homa sacrifice grant anyone gift want yajna vishnu took avatar dwarf brahmin called vamana approached bali king offered anything boy – gold cow elephant village food whatever wished boy said one must seek one need need property right piece land measure three pace bali agreed vamana grew enormous proportion metamorphosing trivikrama form covered everything bali ruled two pace third pace bali offered head vishnu pushed realm patala nether world pleased dedication integrity bali vishnu granted boon could return earth one day year people worshipped future indra day celebrated bali padyami annual return bali netherworld earth another version legend state vamana pushed bali ground patalaloka request prahlada described great devotee vishnu grandfather bali vishnu pardoned bali made king netherworld vishnu also granted wish bali return earth one day marked festivity worship ritual observed bali padyami day variation state state general festival day hindu exchange gift considered way please bali god ceremonial oil bath people wear new clothes main hall house space door gate decorated rangoli kolam drawn powder rice different colour thereafter bali wife vindhyavali worshipped build bali icon clay cow dung evening night fall door sill every house temple lighted lamp arranged row community sport feast part celebration people gamble game called pachikalu dice game linked legend believed god shiva consort parvati played game festival day parvati following son kartikeya played parvati defeated thereafter brother elephantheaded god wisdom ganesha played dice game gambling game played family member symbolically card farming community celebrates festival particularly tamil nadu karnataka performing kedaragauri vratam worship goddess kedaragauri – form parvati gopuja worship cow gouramma puja worship gauri – another form parvati worship cow day goushala cowshed also ceremoniously cleaned day triangular shaped image bali made cowdung placed wooden plank designed colourful kolam decoration bedecked marigold flower worshipped bali pratipada also known barlaj himachal pradesh barlaj corruption word bali raj vishnu devotee bali worshipped day bali grandson prahlada believed visit earth day folk song vamana also sung day farmer use plough day artisan worship tool implement day honour vishvakarma ekaloo rice flour based dish prepared day day simply known raja bali jammu region woman prepare murtis raja bali using wheat dough later bali puja performed murtis immersed water puja onam major festival kerala based scripture observed august–september contemporary era commemorates mahabali celebration include vegetarian feast gift giving parade featuring bali vishnu avataras floor decoration community sport according kurup history onam festival evidenced literature inscription found kerala suggest onam templebased community festival celebrated period festivity onam found maturaikkāñci – sangam era tamil poem mention festival celebrated madurai temple game duel temple premise oblation sent temple people wore new clothes feasted thcentury pathikas pallads saint sage periyalawar according kurup describes onam celebration offering vishnu mention feast community event several inscription th thcentury hindu temple thrikkakara temple kochi dedicated vamana sreevallabha temple tiruvalla dedicated vishnu attest offering dedicated vamana onam contemporary kerala festival observed hindu nonhindus exception muslim among isolated celebration observed mahabali onam pongal deborah soifer myth narasimha vamana two avatar cosmological perspective state university new york press isbn