That time of the year again? If we go back to our traditional customs, this festival of lights was immensely and beautifully celebrated. The long story saga has been followed for years which dictates the life of our lord ram ji and raavan. It has a precious saying that no matter how good you are in life, your deeds matter the most. Diwali has been that auspicious for this sole reason that follows the teachings of good winning over evil, every time. On this day, we welcome the laxmi goddess in our homes for prosperity and abundance and everybody celebrates in unity and togetherness.
Gift sharing is a whole exciting experience in itself and therefore, it is essential because gifts are one of the puja essentials. They are personal to everyone and people have their own emotions and feelings attached to it. Personally, we love sending across gifts and betweenboxes.in has curated the perfect guide for you to remember all the necessary gifting and puja rituals to be followed. We make sure that you enjoy the festival perfectly aligned with your traditional roots and modern developments.
Step by Step Diwali Ritual Guide
During diwali times, it is significant that every person should prepare for the upcoming festivities. Make sure your houses are clean, the interiors are free from negative energies and there is a hospitable environment to welcome goddess laxmi to your door. Apart from cleaning and dusting the interiors, make sure that your exteriors are also well furnished and free from dust. (obviously we do not want the guests to have fun gossiping about it).
After you have made sure that your doorstep is cleansed, start with preparing your diwali puja essentials box. The home decor and positioning of items are included. Place important things first such as the laxmi ganesh, their huts, their necklaces and other essentials. Keep the water and other items to be savoured to god. Prepare your thali plates, flower garlands, diyas, candles, and other pooja items.
For the grand puja, it is essential to bring a new idol set of laxmi and ganesh to celebrate the festival. It is commenced by praying to them and surrendering several other chants. There are so many different artists that work on the carves and paints of these idols. You have options like gold, silver, mitti, peetal, clay, etc to choose from and make your perfect and extravagant diwali puja essentials box.
Place the laxmi stickers like her footprints and handprints to welcome her into your house. These prints are pasted or drawn at the entrance of your home to make way for the goddess. It is a symbol of purity, grace and respect.
Light your diyas and candles and place them on the positions. Do the pooja with all the traditional customs. Make sure you follow all your family rituals to give it a successful way. This will allow prosperity and abundance to flow into your home.
After the pooja is done, feed each other sweets and celebrate this auspicious festival by hugging out and wishing everybody. Sweets have a different love language of their own and are a symbol of happiness. Therefore, people feed them on every festival, achievement, new beginnings, or any other occasion.
Celebrate the welcome of peace and wealth in your family by rejoicing with fireworks. They are the ultimate highlights of this festival, however, we should not forget to take care of the environment. We suggest you go eco-friendly this diwali with everything from diyas to fireworks and see the magic it creates in the air and the reduction of air and noise pollution, lol.
Diwali Pooja Essentials and Gifts
Here is a list of all the things you should keep in mind while prepping up your diwali puja essentials box. Some of the essentials during the festival are -
- Calendar
- Laxmi and ganesh ji
- Diyas
- Candles
- Puja thali
- Kalash
- Hatti
- Food items to be given to god
- Flowers and leaves
- Milk and jalebi mix
- Tealight holder (optional)
- Other family ritual essentials
Why do you think gifts are necessary? Well, celebrating any important occasion or festival without sharing gifts feels very absurd to us. It is like missing a part from your body. Gift sharing is personal, subjective and intimate to every human kind and therefore we understand the importance of it. They have emotions and feelings attached when they give it to somebody and likewise when they receive it. Here are some of the few diwali gifts that you can give to your loved ones:
- This radiant prosperity diwali gift basket is one of the highest rated baskets in this collection of diwali gifts. This hamper consists of a Gota basket with beautiful lace backgrounds, an open secret choco chip box to fill your day with sweetness, some mixed seeds and berries in a tin jar to consider options for those who are health freaks and a handmade T-light holder to make things extra classy and elegant.
- The most traditional hamper with its modern touch is this dry fruits with gift box for corporate. This consists of almonds potli, raisins potli, t-light diya, some incense sticks made from temple flowers, and a reusable premium jali vegan leather and suede round box.
- Sustainable food hampers have organic ingredients and are locally produced. This will also keep their health in check and ensure that they do not stuff extra just because it is diwali season because - health is the real wealth. The perfect go to diwali gift for this festival.
- Cutlery and drinkware can be an amazing diwali gift. Cutlery items along with perfect looking glassware sets can either be dinner sets or lunch sets making it an even better experience for them.
- It’s diwali season and how can we forget the colour of this festival - golden. The golden corporate diwali gift hamper is your go to solution for this diwali. The hamper has one of the best phool incense cones and potpourri for fragrance. It consists of a mixed seed and berry tin jar along with handmade assorted chocolates. The festival of lights cannot be complete without a scented candle and so we added the vanilla flavour for that extra spice.
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