Dev Deepawali: Binding India’s spirituality and divinity
Being presented as the “Festival of Lights for the Gods”, Dev Deepawali is one of the most special events that Varanasi celebrates.
Being presented as the “Festival of Lights for the Gods”, Dev Deepawali is one of the most special events that Varanasi celebrates.
Dev Deepawali has been celebrated on the full moon night of Kartik month. This is considered to be a major festival where the ghats of Varanasi are lit up with thousands of diyas or oil lamps. The festival happens fifteen days after Diwali, honouring the victory of Lord Shiva over the demon Tripurasura.
To make this year’s Dev Diwali extraordinary, a spectacular fireworks display is planned at Kashi Vishwanath Dham near Ganga Dwar, alongside a laser show at Chetsingh Ghat.
After Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath declared Dev Deepawali festival as a provincial fair in Uttar Pradesh, which will be held at Varanasi city. It is observed in Ayodhya each year with lakhs of clay lamps.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that while the nation is witnessing new employment opportunities in infrastructure, health, education, and other schemes related to the lives of common citizens are also emerging in a new form.
After the counting of votes on June 4, Varanasi District Magistrate handed over the certificate to BJP leaders.
Narendra Modi exclusively addressed the people of his constituency, Varanasi, urging them to vote in large numbers to give the development of Kashi new heights.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter to the first-time voters of Varanasi, has appealed to them to cast their votes in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election scheduled on June 1.
The two leaders along with other leaders of INDIA bloc will address 'Parivartan Sankalp Sabha,' seeking votes for Congress candidate Ajay Rai.
BJP president J P Nadda alleged that politics that in the past was dominated by a divide-and-rule strategy based on religion, caste, and region, where politicians used to seek votes from everyone but once in power, focused on benefiting only a specific group.
