Ajit.
People are busy celebrating the festival of lights with great pomp and show in Patna and surrounding areas. Due to the use of firecrackers and sparklers, the atmosphere of Patna city became smoky. People are facing a lot of problems due to poisonous smoke and gas everywhere, yet people did not desist from bursting crackers and sparklers. The festival of Diwali was celebrated with great enthusiasm in the surrounding urban and rural areas including Phulwari Sharif, Sampatchak and Parsa Bazaar, Janipur, Anisabad, Beur Khemani Chak, Jaganpura Bypass, Sipara, Sanjay Nagar, Changad, Gardnibagh, Chitkohra, Raja Bazaar, Punpun of the capital Patna and the surrounding urban and rural areas. Due to the light of lamps, only light was visible everywhere. This festival of lights was celebrated with joy, enthusiasm, devotion and pomp from city to village.
On Diwali, first of all, Lakshmi Ganesh was worshiped in every house on Sunday. On Diwali, the festival of happiness, prosperity and prosperity, people’s eyes were dazzled with decorations of various types of flowers and colorful electric lights from houses to streets. was happening . Some people spent hours lighting their houses this ‘Diwali’ by lighting earthen lamps. During Diwali, the process of giving sweets to each other continued. Due to the use of firecrackers and various types of sparklers, a lot of pollution was seen in the air of the capital Patna. Everywhere people were seen coughing and covering their nose with hands or cloth due to the smoke. On Diwali, the traditional earthen lamps got lost somewhere amidst the Chinese lamps and fringes; in the urban areas, only the new age lights continued to enhance the beauty of Diwali.
During Diwali, there was a competition among devotees from homes to temples to please Goddess Lakshmi with marigold flowers and lotus flowers. By worshiping Goddess Lakshmi, people wished for happiness and prosperity. There was a competition among the youth and children in bursting crackers and making fireworks. People were seen buying more marigold flowers for home decoration and worship. Along with that, demand for lotus, rose, yellow flowers and many different flowers was also seen in the markets. On Diwali, women, children and girls wore new clothes and before worshiping Lakshmi, everyone donated lamps in front of the houses of their neighbors and other people and wished for good luck. People dressed in new clothes and celebrated by feeding each other sweets. Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, was worshiped by lighting lamps in every house. Youth celebrated by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.