In Punjab, Diwali Festival is the time for everyone to rejoice, looking forward to a bright future. Enthusiastically enjoyed by people of every religion, its magical and radiant touch creates an atmosphere of joy and festivity. Diwali, festival of lights, symbolizes the victory of righteousness and lifting of spiritual darkness. The preparations of Diwali begin well in advance. People start decorating their homes, preparing sweets; thousand of lamps are lit to create a world of fantasy.
Each house entrance is made colorful with lovely traditional motifs of "Rangoli" designs to welcome Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity In Punjab, Diwali is the day when King Rama returned to Ayodhya after defeating the demon king Ravana to ensure that light emerges victorious over darkness. Upon his homecoming, people welcomed him with an amazing display of firecrackers and by order of the royal families of Ayodhya and Mithila, the kingdom of which Sita was princess, the cities and far-
flung boundaries of these kingdoms were lit up with rows of lamps, glittering on dark nights to welcome home the divine king Rama and his queen Sita after 14 years of exile, ending with an across-the-seas war in which the whole of the kingdom of Lanka was destroyed.
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