Diwali 2024: Diwali is the biggest festival of Hindu religion which the countrymen celebrate with great enthusiasm. On this day, lamps are lit and rangoli is made in the house and courtyard. There are many popular beliefs in the name of this big festival of Diwali, about which very few people are aware. Let's go to Assam in this tradition of Diwali, where women show lamps to the crops on the day of Diwali. This tradition is to farmers and agriculture sector which makes it very special.
On the occasion of Diwali, the festival of Kati Bihu is celebrated in Assam which is very special in the surrounding areas. Kati Bihu, celebrated in Assam and surrounding areas, is also known as Kangali Bihu. Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and food, is worshiped on this day. In the tradition of Kati Bihu, farmers go to their fields and celebrate this festival to celebrate the arrival of the new crop. On this occasion, farmer women celebrate this festival by lighting lamps for their crops.
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It is said that on the day of Kati Bihu, with the sunset, a special kind of ritual is performed in which farmer couples go to their fields and worship the new crops. From this day women worship Tulsi plants throughout the month of Kartik. During this time lamps are lit.
Here Kati Bihu is also called Kangali Bihu, it also has a different meaning. The meaning behind naming this festival Kangali Bihu is that at this time the grains of the previous crop are about to end in the farmers' homes and the new crop is still in the process of ripening. Therefore, farmers are in some financial trouble and celebrate the festival with the golden earrings of this new crop with a ray of hope for the times to come.
