Diwali 2024: The pageant of Diwali is being celebrated with nice pomp all through the nation. Diwali is a pageant which is widely known as a practice 1000’s of years previous. The manner of celebrating Diwali can be totally different somewhere else. Some folks’s Diwali is seen altering with time. But in some locations 1000’s of years previous custom continues to be being adopted. There is the same custom in Rajasthan which individuals have been following for hundreds of years. This custom is the custom of clay market. It is alleged that with out this custom, Lakshmi worship can be thought of incomplete.
Even gold and silver couldn’t change the clay market.
There is a unique custom of Lakshmi worship in Karauli district of Rajasthan. In this, on the time of puja, earthen pots are stuffed in each home. Due to this custom, because the pageant of Diwali approaches, the markets of Karauli get embellished with earthen lamps in addition to earthen markets. Actually, Haat, which is product of mud, has a practice in lots of locations. But in Karauli, a month earlier than Diwali, the native potter households begin shaping these haats of their sq. with a combination of soil and cow dung. These haats are thought of an emblem of purity and even the haats product of gold and silver haven’t been in a position to change the earthen haats right here. Even as we speak, native folks give utmost significance to mud markets on the pageant of Diwali.
The native elders, astrologers and pundits right here say that the Haat custom is among the most historic traditions of Karauli. Which has been occurring right here on the pageant of Diwali since historic instances.
The market is full of 5 sweets
According to native potter Dhanno Devi, each home in Karauli is full of ‘haat’ on Diwali. Which is taken into account auspicious. This market is stuffed for the longevity of kids and the prosperity of the household. There is a practice of filling these haats with 5 totally different sweets like lattu, barfi, imrati.
Lakshmi puja is incomplete with out haat
The second Kumbhkar lady, Hukam Bai, advised that Lakshmi puja is taken into account incomplete with out the earthen market in Karauli. These haats are ready with nice effort and their demand will increase a lot on Diwali that many instances the haat can’t be fulfilled. During Diwali, these haats are bought within the markets of Karauli on the price of Rs 30 to 50 per piece.
What is a market?
This clay market is a mix of 5 clay axes. In this, 4 kulhads are linked to one another and the fifth one is positioned on high of them. This haat is product of mud and cow dung and the Kumbhkar households embellish it with pure colours and native work.
