Diwali Rangoli: When and how the tradition of making Rangoli on Diwali started, know why Rangoli is made

Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated every year on the new moon day of Kartik month. The house is furnished with different types of lighting. The festival of Diwali seems incomplete without Rangoli. Very beautiful design Rangoli is made in every house, but know when the tradition of making Rangoli on Diwali started.

Rangoli was made in the courtyard of every house and at the main gate of Ayodhya after cleaning all over Ayodhya to welcome Ram ji.

According to the Archaeological Department of India, th

Diwali Rangoli: The festival of Diwali is celebrated with pomp all over India. On this day, there is a law to worship Lord Ganesha, Kuber and Goddess Mahalakshmi, the presiding deity of wealth. On this day people make attractive decorations in their homes. In the olden times, when electricity could not reach every house, people used to make Rangoli in the courtyard of the house with different colors to decorate their homes. Even today, many people in cities decorate their homes by making Rangoli. But do you know when and how the tradition of making Rangoli started. Bhopal resident astrologer and Pandit Hitendra Kumar Sharma is telling us about this .

Rangoli was made in Ayodhya on the arrival of

Lord Rama, according to folk beliefs, after Lord Rama's victory in Lanka, when he returned to Ayodhya after spending 14 years of exile with Mother Sita, the people of Ayodhya cleaned the whole of Ayodhya to welcome Lord Rama. After cleaning, Rangoli was made in the courtyard of every house and at the main gate of Ayodhya. Every place was decorated by lighting a lamp, according to the beliefs, since then every year on Diwali, the tradition of making Rangoli in homes started.

Rangoli is also associated with Harappan civilization

. According to the Archaeological Department of India, the first evidence of making Rangoli in India has been found in Mohenjo-daro and Harappan civilizations. According to the Department of Archeology, signs of Alpana have been found in both these civilizations. Which seems to be very similar to Rangoli. According to the belief, Alpana is one of the sixty-four arts mentioned in Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra.

Rangoli is made to welcome Mahalakshmi

We all know Diwali as the festival of lights, but making Rangoli on Deepawali is considered equally auspicious as lighting a lamp. According to beliefs, Goddess Lakshmi visits every house on the day of Diwali, so to make the main entrance of the house attractive and beautiful, people make Rangoli in their homes.