The First day
The first day of diwali is called dhanvantari Triodasi ,it is the 13th day of Krishna Paksh* This is the day that Lord Dhawantari came out of the ocean with ayurvedic medicine which promotes healthy long life for mankind,this is the beggining of the diwali celebrations

The Second day
This day is called Narak Chaturdasi it is the day that Lord Krishna destroyed Narakasur and made the world free from fear. The story goes that the demon king Narakasur ruler of Pragjyotishpur ( a province to the South of Nepal) after defeating Lord Indra had snatched away the magnificent earrings of Aditi, the Mother Goddess and imprisoned sixteen thousand daughters of the gods and saints in his harem.

On the day previous to Narakachaturdashi, Lord Krishna killed the demon and liberated the imprisoned damsels and also recovered those precious earrings of Aditi. As a symbol of that victory Lord Krishna smeared his forehead with the demon king's blood. Krishna returned home in the very early morning of the Narakachaturdashi day.

The womenfolk massaged scented oil to his body and gave him a good bath to wash away the filth from his body. Since then the custom of taking bath before sunrise on this day has become a traditional practice specially in Maharashtra.

The Third day
This day is diwali, where worship to mother lakshme is performed. All hindus come together with friends and family and worship the divine Goddess Lakshme in order to obtain blessings of wealth and prosperity and also to celebrate the victory of light over darkness.

It is also said that Lord Rama returned home from exile on diwali night after 14yrs in the forest, the city appeared to be a garden of lights during that night as everyone came out of their homes with lighted deyas to greet him, it created a great spectacle of lights for as far as the eye could see.

See Photos of "Bussupshot from start to finish.
Also a taste of Diwali 2007
Sadly rain feel on our parade and we had limited photos due to equipment failure

The Fourth day
On this day Goverdhan pooja is performed -. many thouands of years ago Lord Krishna caused the people of vraja to perform goverdhan pooja, from every year on , Hindus worship goverdhan to honour the first pooja done by the people of Vraja.

The Fifth day
During the diwali week the fifth day is the day of the bright fortnighight.

As the legend goes Yamraj, the God of Death visited his sister Yami on this particular day. She put the auspicious tilak on his forehead, garlanded him and led him with special dishes and both of them together ate the sweets, talked and enjoyed themselves to their heart's content, while parting Yamraj gave her a special gift as a token of his love and in return Yami also gave him a lovely gift which she had made with her own hands.

That day Yamraj announced that anyone who receives tilak from his sister will never be thrown. That is why this day of Bhayyaduj is also known by the name of "YAMA-DWITIYA" Since then this day is being observed as a symbol of love between sisters and brothers. It became also imperative for the brother to go to his sister's house to celebrate Bhayyaduj.