The importance of Akashdeep is related to the Ramayana-Mahabharata period, know the tradition behind lighting it on Diwali.

Diwali 2024: Fasts and festivals have importance in Hindu religion, one of the biggest festivals of which is Diwali. On this day, the house and courtyard are decorated with lamps and rangoli and Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Shri Ganesh are worshipped. The festival of Diwali starts after Navratri. In this festival, lighting the sky lamp is as important as the lamps. Although it is considered a part of home decoration, but it is related to mythological texts which has a different significance.

Importance of lighting sky lamp and candle

Lighting sky lamps and candles has significance on the day of Diwali. Here, according to Hindu belief, it is said that during the month of Kartik, anyone who donates a sky lamp with a wish for auspiciousness, gets happiness, wealth and good fortune. Also, those who release sky lamps in the sky get the blessings of the ancestors along with God. Regarding this, it is said that, the person who does the work of donating a lamp in the sky on the day of Diwali, his ancestors attain salvation.

That person easily reaches the supreme world. Therefore, on the day of Diwali, people should keep lighting Akashdeep or rather Kandil continuously on their terrace, balcony or the main entrance of the house from Ashwin Shuklapaksha Ekadashi till Kartik Shuklapaksha Ekadashi.

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The importance of Akashdeep is related to these texts

Here, the sky lamp lit on Diwali has importance. It is mentioned in Ramayana, one of the sacred texts of Hindus. When King Ram of Ayodhya returned to his city after conquering Lanka, the people there lit lamps to welcome him. So to make this festival of lights visible far and wide, people had made a peg in bamboo and lit it with a lamp, now its type has changed.

Apart from this, the importance of Akashdeep is also associated with the Mahabharata period. It is said that Bhishma Pitamah had specially lit lamps in the month of Kartik in the memory of those who died during the Mahabharata war. Since then this tradition has been going on continuously. In today's time, Akashdeep is available in many markets.