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Diwali
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Chhoti Diwali was celebrated with great pomp on Wednesday, a day before Diwali. In many areas of the country it is celebrated as Narak Chaturdashi. It is believed that on this day Lord Krishna had killed the demon named Narakasura. Lord Yama is also worshiped on the day of Chhoti Diwali.
Lord Krishna freed the captive girls by killing Narakasura.
Actually, due to the war between the demon named Narakasura and Lord Krishna, Naraka Chaturdashi is worshiped on this day. According to the scriptures, a demon named Narakasura had kept 16,000 girls hostage with him. Lord Krishna killed Narakasura and freed all those girls. But after being freed from there, there was a fear in the minds of all the girls that whether the society would accept them, what would be their future? Regarding this dilemma, everyone went to Lord Shri Krishna and expressed their feelings.
For this reason Lord Krishna married 16 thousand girls
After being freed from Narakasura, 16,000 girls approached Lord Krishna and revealed their problems to him. All those girls asked Lord Krishna that will the society accept us after God frees us from here? Now you give us some suggestions as to what we should do and where we should go. On this, Lord Shri Krishna and his wife Satyabhama suggested that all those girls should marry Shri Krishna, after which they would be recognized as Krishna’s wives. On the occasion of Chhoti Diwali, people take bath in Ganga or take Abhyanga bath. It is mentioned in the scriptures that by bathing in Ganga on this day, all the sins of the person are erased and he is saved from going to hell.