Green Options » Dhanteras http://greenoptions.com/tag/dhanteras Posts tagged 'Dhanteras' Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Diwali, India’s Biggest Holiday Provides An Excuse For Spa Rituals At Home http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/27/diwali-indias-biggest-holiday-provides-an-excuse-for-spa-rituals-at-home/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/27/diwali-indias-biggest-holiday-provides-an-excuse-for-spa-rituals-at-home/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:45:01 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/27/diwali-indias-biggest-holiday-provides-an-excuse-for-spa-rituals-at-home/ Diwali, India’s Festival Of Light, is the largest and most important holiday for the global Indian community. Considered to be the Indian new year, it is a time when the entire family gets together to participate in wellness traditions and festivities that hark back to the days of ancient India.

A Holiday That Celebrates Health & Purity of the Soul

Dhanteras, the first day of Diwali, celebrates Dhanwantari, the Ayurvedic Physician of the Gods. On this day, Indians indulge in Ayurvedic treatments to detoxify their mind and body. After waking up early in the morning to have a fragrant oil bath traditional Indians will rub their bodies with ubtan, a cleansing paste. of sandalwood turmeric and other herbs. They also spring clean the entire household for the impending visit of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity who will visit on the third (the main) day of the Diwali.

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