Diwali is the most auspicious Hindu festival rejoiced all over India and across the world. It is a wonderful festival of lights and rangolis and displays colorful fireworks. On Diwali everyone offers prayers to Almighty for good health of family and friends, and prosperity of office work and business. People exchange greetings among each other and present gifts.

Exchange of Gifts on Diwali (India)

Exchange of Gifts on Diwali (India)

Last Minute Diwali Preparations

With the Diwali approaching, you should clean up your home completely, and decorate it with new curtains, fancy and traditional items and decoration pieces. You should get ready with your traditional outfit for this occasion. Buy diyas and candles, and light them in the evening. In Gujarat, Diwali is celebrated for ten days from 30th October. Arrange for beautiful lightings and diyas to be lighted for these ten days. You should also buy crackers (including phuljaris, anaars, charkhas, and other phatakhas). The crackers should be bought and kept in the balcony, and diyas should be soaked in water to dry under sunlight.

Celebrations with Rangoli and Diyas (Indian Link)

Celebrations with Rangoli and Diyas (Indian Link)

You can do puja at home in the evening. You can play with a variety of crackers with friends and family. You can arrange for a dinner party at your home if you are calling your family members and relatives to your place. You can order a few delicious dishes added with sweet dishes for Diwali night. If you are intending to play cards with friends after dinner, ensure that your packs of cards and counters are absolutely ready. Greet all your guests wholeheartedly at your place and spend quality time with them!

Exciting Diwali Gift Ideas

There are many ideas varying from trendy gifts to traditional gifts to eco-friendly gifts you can select from. As Diwali is followed by one or two weeks’ celebration time, you can shop for your family, friends, and relatives, and present them attractive gifts. You can either shop online (from Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal), or buy gifts from shopping stores.

Best Diwali Gift ideas (Femina.in)

Go through the list and quickly decide to pick gifts this Diwali.

1# Gift Hampers: Gift hampers are the perfect gift option you can gift your friends. The attractive Diwali hamper will include few chocolates or some varieties of sweets, selective dry fruits, few candles, a nice lucky charm or a wish card, and a fragrant potpourri, or dessert hampers. You can even personalize the gift hamper as per their taste, and wrap it with colorful bow and ribbons. Your friends will be delighted to receive a hamper from you.

Gift hamper (manager.bg)

2# Gift Vouchers: Another option is gift vouchers which are accessible in stores in distinct price ranges. Gift vouchers as a gift to your friends will give them the chance to select gifts of their preference. Gift voucher also gives the option to acquire some on video games and mobile apps.

Gift Vouchers (www.wordmstemplates.com)

Gift Vouchers (www.wordmstemplates.com)

3# Cakes and Sweets, and Dry Fruits Boxes: If you have time in hand and want to prepare cakes or sweets by yourself for your friend, you can make tasty cakes (like chocolate, banana, pineapple, orange, etc flavoured cakes). You can even prepare Diwali sweet delicacies like barfis, laddoos, etc at home and arrange them in decorative boxes. These homemade items as gifts would come as a surprise for them. Or else, you can also buy a cake or sweet boxes along with dry fruits boxes from the shops which come tightly packed.

Dry fruit box as a gift (YouTube)

4# Spa Coupons: Before Diwali, many of the people like to hit and enjoy their time over there with a cool body massage, so as to look fresh on Diwali. So you can gift your friends’ spa coupons where you can accompany them too.

Spa coupons as gifts (pochemustataq.ga)

5# Sunglasses and Watches: The best gift items for friends can be sunglasses or watches which are easy to select anytime. They are affordable and you can choose as per your budget. You can buy attractive watches that would match with any attire they wear.

Cool Sunglasses and Watches (ScoopHub)

Cool Sunglasses and Watches (ScoopHub)

6# Candles, Fancy Lantern Lamps: You can buy and gift creative, fragrant candles to your relatives and friends. You can also choose fancy lantern lamps to present them this Diwali. You can even decide for unique candle holders or traditional decorations to gift your loved people.

7# Ethnic Wear and Jewellery: You can beautify this occasion by gifting your girlfriend or wife with a beautiful saree, chaniya choli, salwar-suit or pretty kurti according to their preference. It can be a fusion of ethnic and western wear.

Saree gift for your loved one on Diwali (Talash.com)

Saree gift for your loved one on Diwali (Talash.com)

You can even present nice accessories like a necklace, earring, ethnic jewellery, finger ring or anklet. You can even gift your guy friends with sherwani or designer kurta.

Gift accessories for Diwali (William Penn)

8# Small Idols of Gods and Goddesses: Diwali is an amazing occasion where people offer prayers and seek blessings of Gods and Goddesses. So you can look for idols of Lord Ganesh, or Goddess Lakshmi as greetings and good wishes for their health and prosperity. You can select small statues created of plastic, clay or silver.

Happy Dhanteras for today! Wishing that Ma Lakshmi showers you all with happiness and wealth!

Happy Dhanteras to all ! (Model Harstely)

Happy Dhanteras to all! (Model Harstely)

Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali! May your home and life sparkle with peace, good health and prosperity today and always! 🙂




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