Diwali means row of lights. In the Hindu tradition light represents knowledge, purity and
the divine. The darkness of night represents negative force of ignorance,
anger, greed, bigotry, injustice and oppression. When the light of the lamps pierces the darkness of night,
it symbolizes the victory of good over evil,, the triumph of virtue over vice
and the conquest of ignorance through reason and understanding. The festivities in Balboa Park, San Diego were co sponsored by the Mingei International Museum, the San Diego Museum of Art and the San Diego American Society
The Mingei
Museum featured musicians, singers and dancers.
An exhibit room was filled with traditional Indian dolls depicting devine beings for the
Festival of Dolls-Navaratri. Through the evolutionary concept to keep improving spiritually in this lifetime-through unity in thought, work and deed is portrayed in Navarathri through the ascending nine steps, on which the different stages of evolution in our passage towards reaching God were displayed in the form of dolls.
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| Goddess Saraswati bestows knowledge |
Hindu God Ganesh is the Lord of Good Fortune who provides prosperity, fortune and success
Ornate lamps were exhibited in the Spreckles Organ Pavilion and were lit at sunset.
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