I had left the Mystery hanging in the air in the previous blog titled HANGING BASKETS IN KASHI , this post is an attempt to shed light on an Enchanting Festival held ONLY in Kashi ( alias Varanasi) .
These lovely hanging baskets are raised and lowered by the means of a rope you see in the picture below. The baskets contain Oil lamps which are lit up , placed in the Basket and then raised up by the Ropes on the occasion of DEV DIWALI.

DEV DIWALI or the “Festival of Lights of the Gods” is a celebration by the Gods who descend to the banks of The Ganges at Varanasi on a FULL MOON night exactly two weeks after DIWALI (much like CHRISTMAS) is celebrated by mere Mortals like us across India.
The Supermoon seen alongwith Prayer bells on the banks of The Ganges on Dev Diwali.

Thousands of Baskets containing Oil Lamps are suspended in Air whereas the entire length of the steps or ghats that line the Ganges at Varanasi are lit up with millions of tiny terracotta lamps.
The hands of the lady clad in traditional clothes are soaked in Ghee ( oil) which fuels the Cotton Wicks.

It is a fascinating sight to see many miles of these Ghats or Steps, Lit up by traditional Oil lamps ( no electricity is used), have a look at a tiny section of the Ghats in the following picture.
Picture was taken from a Boat on the Ganges.

Enchanting and Beautiful Ancient traditions followed for thousands of Years in Kashi as the people emulate the Gods in Lighting up the Skies.
Amazing human endeavour. (I wondered in the last post why the baskets were held up on poles!)
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it is showing the lights to the gods, so they see the way as they descend from the heavens.
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Enchanting indeed man! 🙂
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Thanks for the post, even though it can give us only a rather weak impression of the actual greatness of the proceedings at the ghats.
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I had forgotten about this – festival of lights
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nice to hear from you after many a day.Diwali and Christmas share many common virtues.
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Yes, and it’s Hanukkah on 24th too
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How wonderful, the entire world will be full of Joy.
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Sorry it has been so long I have had so much official business to do.
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Yes, enchanting and beautiful, thanks for sharing 🙂
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WOW! Fascinating. Thank you dear Mukul, Love, nia
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thank you . am happy you are back
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Me too 🙂 I missed so much.
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now u can spend some lovely times, catching up
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I could not resist commenting. Very well written!
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Wow… That sight would have me crying for sure.
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Yes that was my reaction, especially when the Aarti started . It was wonderful.
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