
We light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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We light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

The churning, and a goddess on a lotus.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Lamps for a homecoming.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Powder, flowers and a welcome.
From the original text · Art and music histories

A city lights every doorstep for three travellers.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A garland for the quiet one.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
A welcome on the floor.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
A lamp from a wheel.
From the original text · Art and music histories
Seeing in the dark, in Bengal.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Lakshmi likes a clean house.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Why the door is open and the lamp is lit.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
A new start.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
A folk tale of one small diya.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Boxes of mithai for the neighbours.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
The messenger who ran ahead.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Eight kinds of good fortune.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
The night Lakshmi visits.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
The whole story in one night.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
New clothes, new year, new start.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Bestu Varas.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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