[b]When is diwali 2005[/b]? [b]Diwali 2005 is on Nov. 1[/b].
[b]2005 Diwali or Deepavali 2005 [/b], the festival of "rows of lights", is one of the most important of all [b]Hindu festivals[/b]. It is believed that it was on this day that Lord Rama entered Ayodhya after fourteen years of exile. [b]Deepavali[/b] is also celebrated as Naraka Chaturdashi, the day when the demon of darkness and dirt, Narakasura, was destroyed by Lord Krishna. The celebrations commence with a purifying oil bath and the lighting of lamps, symbolic of the spiritual light pervading the earth and the destruction of darkness and ignorance.
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