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Diwali is celebrated with great enthusiasm every year in India. This is an important festival of Sanatan Dharma. Diwali falls every year 20 or 21 days after Dussehra. In such a situation, this year it is coming exactly 20 days after Dussehra i.e. on October 20, 2025.
But have you ever wondered why Diwali is celebrated only 20 days after Dussehra every year? Actually, there is a very interesting reason behind this and most people do not know about it. Let us know about this.
Why is Diwali celebrated only 20 days after Dussehra?
Perhaps you too may not know what is the reason behind celebrating Diwali 20 or 21 days after Dussehra. Actually, there is a religious belief behind this, about which Maharishi Valmiki has told in his written Ramayana. According to Valmiki Ramayana, Lord Rama had killed Lanka’s ruler Ravana and handed over the golden Lanka to his younger brother Vibhishana and after this Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya. During this time, it took him 20 days to return to Ayodhya. After this, as soon as Lord Ram arrived, all the residents of Ayodhya city lit lamps to welcome him. From that very day this festival started being celebrated as Diwali and it started falling every year 20 or 21 days after Dussehra.
What does Google Map say about these 20 days?
If we analyze the reason for celebrating Diwali after 20 days, many interesting things come to light and you can check it in many ways. Just as Lord Shri Ram had traveled from Sri Lanka to India, today’s Google Map can easily calculate and tell the traveling distance between the two locations. For this you have to open Google Map of your phone. After this, go to the start point and select Sri Lanka and select Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh as the destination. After searching it, you will see that the total distance between them is 3127 km. Then as soon as you click on the walking distance icon, you will see that the total time will show 491 hours i.e. 20 and a half days. For this reason, Diwali is sometimes celebrated 20 days after Dussehra and sometimes 21 days.
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