Diwali & Kali Puja Songs
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Mithila keeps Diwali twice over — lamps and Lakshmi at dusk, and then Kali Puja through the same night, which is the region’s own emphasis.
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Diwali & Kali Puja in Mithila
- Kali Puja on Diwali night is Mithila’s own emphasis, and one of the clearest markers of the region’s Shakta character.
- Aripan — rice-paste floor drawing — is a distinctly Maithil ritual art, and Diwali is its most elaborate outing of the year.
- The lamps are read as a welcome to a returning couple, one of whom is the region’s daughter.
- Batasha, khaja, thekua, laddu and murki are the Maithil Diwali sweets, mostly made at home.
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