India is considered as the land of festivals as it is the only country having varied number of castes and religions and religion has their own festivals which are cheerfully celebrated by all the residents with full joy and happiness. Among all these varied festivals one of the most important festival of India is Diwali i.e. festival of lights which is celebrated in India with full enthusiasm and high spirits. The Diwali festival 2011 is a festival that lasts for five days and occurs on the fifteenth day of the kartika. In this festival people clean their home and windows thoroughly so as to welcome Lakshmi, goddess of wealth. People also exchange gifts and other types of festive meals which they prepare on the occasion of deepavali as Diwali is known as the festival of lights people light thousands of lamps and candles outside their home. Diwali is one such festival of India that binds the whole country altogether negligent of large number of cultures and religion and regional differences that resides in the country. This joyful and full of lights festival makes the country colorful and fascinating. The main components of this festival are gifts to friends, maids, colleagues, mouth watering sweets and illuminated diyas etc. In this Deepawali 2011 people can cheer their friends and relatives living somewhere outside India by sending gifts to India that reminds them of their native country or their motherland. People may reside miles away from each other and cannot get together due to some of their personal reason then the best way to send gifts to our loved ones are the online gifts websites present. This practice of sending gifts in the festive season implies the feeling to our kith and kin that they will always be the part of the family no matter wherever they stay. It is observed that traditional Indian family start the celebration of this festival by Diwali puja and in most of the parts of India the celebrations are celebrated for full five days. It starts from dhanteras to bhaidooj. On the fifth day of Diwali the businessman does the Diwali puja this day is also known as Labh pancham in Gujarat. The puja of Diwali is celebrated by each and every individual in their own way and their preparation also vary from each other some prefer their puja thali to be of gold while other may prefer it to be of silver copper or ant other metal. These all preparations depends upon the budget of the people how much they can afford. There are number of options available for the purpose of the gifts since Diwali is considered as the festival of lights then presenting a set of Diyas are considered auspicious and people select many other gifts for their friends and relatives. There are large numbers of online websites present that provide varied number of traditional gifts. People offer boxes of Diwali sweets and dry fruits to their colleagues, clients and employees etc. it is a festival that enumerates spreading of love and joy with people.
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