Katha of Diwali

Take some flower and rice grains in hand after the worship, listen the following story(s) and sprinkle the flowers and rice on the statue of Lakshmi-Ganesha.

Once upon a time seven brothers was living in a village. All these seven brothers were living in a poverty. One day the youngest son get married to a nice girl and he took his wife to his home. After sometime festival of Diwali was about to come. The youngest daughter in-law called up all the brothers and told them all that from now onwards she is there to manage their house hold works but all of them should have go out for work and get at least one thing, what so ever they will get outside.

By listening this they all went out for work and that Sister-in-law started cleaning the house. At evening all brothers came back and get something with them. One brother get the cow's dung and sister-in-law asked him to keep it in a courtyard. Second brother get a dead snack sister-in-law asked him to keep it on the roof and other brothers gets some milk, vegetable, broom, paddy grains and wheat grains. The sister-in-law cooked for them and served dinner to them.

Next day, there was a public proclamation by beat of the drum, that one eagle picked up Qween's nine lacks necklace when she was bathing in a river so who so ever will find out the Queen's necklace will get reward from the King of the state. At the same time eagle who picked up the Queen's necklace was flying above the brothers' house, dropped necklace on their roof by seeing the dead snak, picked up the dead snake and fly off.

All the brothers were very happy and they all said that they will go to return Queen's necklace but sister-in-law said that no one but she herself will go to return the Queen's necklace. All brothers agreed on it. When Sister-in-law went to the palace to return the necklace, King was very happy and he said to her, “I'm very happy with you and now tell me, what would you like to get in return?” Sister-in-law replied, “I wish that on the day of Diwali whole city should be in dark and should not light a single lamp except in my home.” King granted her wish and on the day of Diwali, Sister-in-law cleaned whole house except one room and made her brothers-in-law clean. At night Lakshmiji came to the city, whole city was in dark and she was looking for the little light; she found light on that Sister's-in-law home and went there. Her door was closed so Lakshmiji knocked her door, sister-in-law asked from inside, “who is on the door?” Lakshmiji replied,”it is me Lakshmi, please let me come into your home, whole city is in dark and I very scared of dark.” Sister-in-law said, “No, I'll not open my home for you, you are not staying at one place, today you are coming to my home and there is no guarantee that tomorrow you will be staying at my home.” Lakshmi ji was very scared and she promised to her that she will never go away from her home and will stay there forever.

When Lakshmiji promised to stay at her place, Sister-in-law opened the door for Lakshmi ji, she offered the best place of home to her with full of lights and worshiped her devotedly. After worshiping the Goddess Lakshmi. Thereafter Sister-in-law went to the dark room of the house and started beating the Daridra/Narak and kicked out him of the house; she also warned him to never return to her house.

So as Sister-in-law filled her home with prosperity, Goddess Lakshmi must make each and every person to be happy.