DEEPAVALI or Diwali means "a row of lights". It falls on the last two days of the dark half of Kartik (October-November. During Deepavali people pray to Lakshmi, Goddess of wealth, light, prosperty and Deepavali is the festival of Lights. The word 'Deepavali' is made up of two simple words. 'Deepa' means light and 'Avali' means a row
