{"id":1325,"date":"2010-11-04T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T18:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2010-11-04T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T18:26:12","slug":"happy-diwali-diwali-the-festival-of-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1325","title":{"rendered":"Happy Diwali !,Diwali the festival of lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Diwali<\/strong> (also spelled <strong>Divali<\/strong> in few countries) or <strong>Deepavali<\/strong><sup id=\"cite_ref-0\"> <\/sup> is popularly known as the <em><strong>festival of lights<\/strong><\/em>. Its an  important five-day festival in Hinduism,  Sikhism,  Jainism,  occurring between mid-October and mid-November.\u00a0 Deepavali is  an official holiday in India,Nepal, Guyana, Trinidad &amp; Tobago, Mauritius,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  Sri  Lanka, Myanmar , Fiji , and Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>The name <strong>Diwali<\/strong> is itself a contraction of the word  &#8220;Deepavali&#8221; (Sanskrit: <span lang=\"sa\" xml:lang=\"sa\">\u0926\u0940\u092a\u093e\u0935\u0932\u0940<\/span> <em><span style=\"white-space: normal; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"International  Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration\">D\u012bp\u0101vali<\/span><\/em>),  which translates into <em>row of lamps<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">May  This Diwali<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"> Bring  you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Peace  and Prosperity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">May  Lights Triumph Over Darkness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">&#8220;WISH U  ALL A VERY HAPPY DIWALI <em>\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC';\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Best Regards,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">admin,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/GeneralKnowledgeToday.com\" target=\"_self\">GeneralKnowledgeToday.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diwali (also spelled Divali in few countries) or Deepavali is popularly known as the festival of lights. 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