Deepawali or Diwali is certainly the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It's the festival of lights.  Let us pray to bring light in our life and in the life of others."

Dr. Mahapatra Gyanendra is devoted full time to the cause of world peace through teaching meditation and performing pujas, and will conduct a beautiful and powerful puja.

Amma Sri Karunamayi says: "The lamp, deepa, is symbolic of cosmic Consciousness. By lighting the lamps, we are praying to Divine Mother to light the inner lamps and dispel all darkness. Pray to Her to always reside in our homes. Our house should be a temple of peace. Good thoughts and habits bring prosperity and contentment. 

Whenever we approach Divine Mother with total faith and surrender, She will drench us with Her love and bless us with more than we ask for. 

Let us share our treasures of wealth, contentment and divine knowledge with others to ease their pain and suffering. Let us pray collectively for darkness to be dispelled from the society and for our hearts to be filled with cosmic light. Let us pray to be always immersed in Divine Mother's infinite, enveloping grace."