Dev Deepavali 2025

The festival of Dev Deepavali commemorates the victory of Lord Shiva over the demon Tripurasura and is believed to be the day when the gods descend to bathe in the holy Ganges.

Dev Deepawali of Varanasi, the "Diwali of the Gods," is the major festival of the oldest living holy city of the world. The festival commemorates the victory of Lord Shiva over the demon Tripurasura and is believed to be the day when the gods descend to bathe in the holy Ganges. It attracts devotees from across the globe to participate in holy dips and elaborate Ganga Aarti. The ghats are illuminated with millions of earthen lamps on the full moon night of Kartik Purnima. This year, it was celebrated on November 5, 2025. We at Spiritual Tara decided to take a group of people for a holy trip to Kashi to witness the grand festival of lights. The itinerary, of course, included darshans of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, a jyotirlinga and the Vindhyanchal Temple which is a shaktipeeth. The much revered temples where millions of devotees desire to be blessed by the shiv and the shakti; to ask,...