Justin Bieber Hits 2 Billion - yes, 2 BILLION! - YouTube Views

Justin Bieber is not even a legal adult yet, but he has managed to dominate the world of the popular social media site of YouTube. The young singer’s music videos are very popular on the site and continue to rake in thousands of hits everyday. He has just surpassed the 2 billion mark with the number of views to his various videos. The 17-year-old star got his start on YouTube and has managed to rake in the hits. His closest competitor is the ultra-famous, Lady Gaga who is about 200,000 views shy of Justin’s latest record.

The Biebs has his very own channel on the social site, like most celebrities. More than one million people subscribe to his channel for regular updates. Justin is the first person in the world to reach such a staggering figure. Lady Gaga may have beaten him to the 1 billion mark, but Justin has quickly shown the world he is not going to fade away as he matures. He is only getting stronger.

His social-networking  presence is a force to be reckoned with. He has close to 14 million followers on Twitter, which is a large number, but not nearly as large as his social-networking  nemesis, Lady Gaga who has more than 15 million. Justin’s Facebook page has another 37 million fans. Again, a massive following, but he is still eclipsed by several other music stars.

Justin owes his new YouTube record to the recent release of his “Mistletoe” video, which has already amassed 27 million views since its debut over a week ago. Justin owes his success to YouTube. He was “discovered” after his mother uploaded the then 12-year-old Justin singing various songs. His first song, “Baby” still holds the record for the most number of views with 650 million. In the last month alone, Justin’s channel has had more than 94 million views! Beliebers cannot get enough of the Canadian cutie.

Justin’s highly anticipated Christmas album drops tomorrow, November 1st. His YouTube numbers will certainly skyrocket as fans clamor to see their favorite baby faced singer getting into the holiday spirit.

Bieber Hit Baby Leads in Youtube Views

The song with the most Youtube views is Bieber's hit Baby, featuring Ludacris; that song now has more than 650,000,000 views on its own. Lady Gaga's biggest performer is Bad Romance with 425,000,000 views. Other high performing Bieber songs include his One Time and Never Say Never, the version featuring Jaden Smith is the biggest performer. His recently released song 'Mistletoe' got nearly 20,000,000 views in its first week online.

Rihanna is 3rd in Youtube views (1.7 billion), Eminem 4th (1.5) and Shakira 5th (1,2 billion).

Exciting Times for Justin Bieber

In all comes about in the midst of lots of stuff happening for the singer, he's got his Christmas album, 'Under the Mistletoe' out November 1, in a few days he's off to a ceremony in London, England, where he'll switch on Christmas lights and play a few songs and he's working on a studio album called 'Believe,' a follow-up to first full-length studio offering, 'My World 2,0.'
It's not likely he's gonna miss the occasion of 2 billion YouTube views but did not immediately write on his twitter page on it. He's the leader in YouTube views with Lady Gaga, who has 1,883,101,471 views, in second place. Gaga beat Bieber to 1 billion views by a couple of weeks at this time last year but has since fallen behind. So in a year Bieber managed another billion views.

Justin Bieber: Sen. Klobuchar should be jailed

Justin Bieber apparently thinks Sen. Amy Klobuchar should be "locked up."


The teen pop singing sensation said the Minnesota Democrat should be jailed for her bill that would make it a felony to illegally stream copyrighted content.

Bieber became well known after videos of him singing covers of R&B songs went viral. He made several remarks about the sponsor of S.978 during an interview this morning with a Washington radio station, according to this story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.


"Whoever she is, she needs to know that I'm saying she needs to be locked up -- put away in cuffs," Bieber is quoted as saying.


Fight for the Future, a group opposing the bill, has launched FreeBieber.org, a website featuring a photo of the Biebs behind bars that claims "Justin faces 5 brutal years in prison."


Klobuchar's spokesperson, Brigit Helgen, says Bieber fans can rest easy. He's not going to jail. She sent us this statement:

Justin Bieber must have been misled about the content of this bill. It's not about people posting their personal work on the Web. This is common sense legislation that passed through the Judiciary Committee with no objection from either party. The bill only covers the intentional commercial theft of things like books, commercial music, and movies, including foreign piracy.

Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ Remix

Christmas is coming a little early for Justin Bieber fans. Biebs and Mariah Carey have finally premiered the remix of All I Want For Christmas Is You. Justin announced earlier this year that he would be collaborating with Mariah on his forthcoming Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe.

Listen the to fun holiday track above and let us know what you think!

Justin opened up about the collaboration on Access Hollywood, admitting how happy he was to just collaborate with Mariah.

“I was very honored. I really wanted to do the song… I couldn’t do it better than her. To have her on the song with me is like, yea, it gives me the stamp.”

Check out Mariah’s original All I Want for Christmas video (from 1994!)

Under The Mistletoe Webisode - Boyz 2 Men and Justin in the Studio (FALALA)

Justin Says-

With UNDER THE MISTLETOE coming out here are some webisodes from the studio while we made it. On the Deluxe CD you can see all of them but will post a couple online for everyone. Really excited and Proud of this album. Features Mariah Carey, Usher, Busta Rhymes, The Band Perry, and Boyz 2 Men. Truly honored. Here is the webisode of the making of FALALA with BOYZ 2 MEN!!! Learned how to sing listening to these guys so it is a DREAM come true to do a song with them. NEVER SAY NEVER. the Album UNDER THE MISTLETOE is out NOVEMBER 1st!! Thank you for always supporting me and helping me live my dream. This is just the beginning for us....CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY THIS YEAR! God Bless and Much Love - JUSTIN

Justin Bieber Bump Big Boost To Ontario Food Bank

An Ontario food bank is $15,000 richer thanks to local lad Justin Bieber and one well-placed Tweet.

The teen idol recently arranged for a hefty donation to the House of Blessing food bank in Stratford, Ont. during an interview on the U.S. entertainment magazine Access Hollywood. Host Billy Bush said he would donate $5,000 to the charity of Bieber's choice on condition that he call on his 13.8 million Twitter followers to also follow Bush.

All this follows a separate $10,000 donation the 17-year-old singer made to the food bank a few weeks ago.

"It's really exciting to hear Justin's thinking of Stratford again," said operations co-ordinator Laura Davies.

The food bank helps about 5,000 people per year around Stratford, a small town in southwestern Ontario where Bieber lived before hitting it big. Organizers expect that will go much easier because of the "Bieber bump."

Bieber is a "good man," Bush said later on Twitter. "Really solid, funny and shook every hand in the room. Class act."

Justin Bieber Wants A 'Mature' Sound For His Next Album, Signs Up Drake & Kanye West

Justin Bieber seems to have his heart set on continuing to link up with the hip-hop world for his upcoming projects. Having just linked up with Busta Rhymes on his latest Christmas-themed album, the 17-year-old Canadian has announced collaborations with a few more heavyweight names are in the pipeline.

In an interview with Capital FM the singer revealed he plans to work with both Kanye West and Drake for his next album, Believe, as part of his new, "mature" sound.

"I’m working with a lot of cool people. I’m working with Kanye. Drake is gonna work on the album with me and a lot of different artists," he said.
Producer Danja, who is working on the album, told Rap-Up.com the collaborations are part of Bieber's new sound, saying "What I’m creating for him I think is definitely a more mature sound. That’s where he’s headed now.”
Believe is due for release in early 2012, while his Christmas album Under the Mistletoe is out on November 1st.

Justin Bieber Could Go To Jail If S.978 Bill Is Passed

S.978" is a new bill that would make web streaming of copyrighted content a felony with a prison sentence of up to 5 years. It's set to be introduced in The House of Representatives this Wednesday (October 26, 2011) and if it passes, people can go to jail for posting a video to YouTube with the wrong background music. In other words, if someone edits a video using copyrighted material, or records themselves singing or dancing to a copyrighted song, they could end up in trouble. Translation: Media companies don’t want figure out how to adapt their business model for peer-to-peer sharing and so they'd rather irrationally punish whoever they can, inculding celebrities like Justin Bieber, for the losses they've been taking since the music industry tanked,

Here's a snippet from the press release:


Music and film companies are pushing a law that would make streaming any copyrighted material a felony with a five-year jail sentence. The irony is, if they succeed, even their own stars would face jail time.


Teen pop star Justin Bieber himself got famous posting videos of himself singing unauthorized covers of popular R&B songs to YouTube. Totally jail-able. The law is S.978, and it’s a real threat: The bill has already passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, and we expect introduction in the House soon.


Of course, if Bieber could go to jail, almost any aspiring singer could too. So could any fan singing or dancing along with their favorite song, or posting a video of a performance (say, a kids’ school play), as long as it got enough views and brought some measurable benefit to the person posting.


We’ve already seen the music and movie companies use civil penalties written for large-scale commercial piracy to sue 14-year-olds and their families into bankruptcy, so the idea of this one day being used to jail ordinary users is hardly far-fetched.


Did anyone else laugh a little at how ridiculous this release sounds? Anyway, the Belieber wrath is like none other so if they do send Bieber to jail, they better get ready for apocalypse.

Justin Bieber Ft. Usher "Chestnuts"

Justin Bieber ft. Usher new song “Chestnuts” from album “Under the Mistletoe” is out on iTunes today, October 24th

To Download Song Click Here 

The chestnuts are roasting and tween and teen girls are swooning. That must mean Justin Bieber has released his latest duet with his big bro Usher, their remake of a holiday classic, “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire).”

Usher and Bieber update the tune with a more “today” sounding instrumental — check out that blaring electric guitar solo midway through — but leave the song’s iconic lyrics mostly untouched.

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire/Jack Frost nipping at your nose,” Bieber opens the song singing. After letting Bieber shine (it is his album), Usher joins in. “They know that Santa’s on his way/He’s loading lots of toys and many goodies on his sleigh.” The two are soon singing together in perfect, over-dramatic, too-many-damn-runs harmony.

“The Christmas Song” is the latest song released from Bieber’s upcoming Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe. It follows the release of the set’s first single, “Mistletoe.” The album is in stores on November 1, and Usher won’t be the only guest on it. Boyz II Men, Busta Rhymes, The Band Perry, and Mariah Carey are all making appearances.

Under The Mistletoe Webisode - Usher and Justin in the Studio (The Christmas Song - Chestnuts)

With UNDER THE MISTLETOE coming out here are some webisodes from the studio while we made it. On the Deluxe CD you can see all of them but will post a couple online for everyone. Really excited and Proud of this album. Features Mariah Carey, Usher, Busta Rhymes, The Band Perry, and Boyz 2 Men. Truly honored. Here is the webisode of the making of The Christmas Song aka CHESTNUTS with me and USHER!!! MISTLETOE is out now and this song, The Christmas Song with Usher comes out Monday Oct 23th.... and the Album UNDER THE MISTLETOE is out NOVEMBER 1st!! Thank you for always supporting me and helping me live my dream. This is just the beginning for us....CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY THIS YEAR! God Bless and Much Love - JUSTIN

Justin Bieber Manager Scooter Braun Says News Album Likely To Release In Summer

Justin Bieber is working on a studio album called 'Believe' and it will be out sometime in the summer, or earlier, or later, of 2012. Fans can't wait.

The latest news on Justin Bieber's follow-up album to 2010's 'My World' has come from Bieber's manager and was given out in an interview with 'The Hollywood Reporter' on Oct. 23, 2011. The scoop is this: Bieber is working on the album, it's tentatively titled 'Believe' and it is likely to be out in the summer of 2012.

Or possibly later. Or earlier.

"He's pretty adamant about writing a lot of (songs for 'Believe')," Braun said. "And he played me some stuff that he's been doing on his own. He wrote this amazing song that sounds like a Jodeci record. I'm really excited for him. This kid can sing his ass off. He's coming into his own."

Bieber himself had commented on his next record recently (not to be confused with his Christmas album, 'Under the Mistletoe', due out November 1) while talking with MTV during the just-completed South American leg of his 'My World' tour. He spoke of getting to work on 'Believe'.

"What's happening is: get off this tour, and then my (Christmas) album is out, so I have to go back out and promote that album," MTV reporter James Montgomery quoted Bieber as saying. "And then after that it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again.

"We're going to be going in every day and working with new people and trying to find the best sound," he said of the new record, which, like 'Under the Mistletoe', will feature other artists as guests. "I'm going to be recording different styles, different things until I find a solid 15 songs that I love. I'm going to be recording as many songs as I possibly can."

For the record, Jedeci, the band Braun talked about when he mentioned one of Bieber's new songs, is an American R&B, soul band comprised of 2 sets of 2 brothers that gained big-time record sales in the 90's. Their stuff got a lot of air play and after going in different directions for a decade or so, they got back together two year ago and released a tune called Knockin' Your Heels.

Naturally, the point isn't that a tune sounds like Jodeci so much as it is that Bieber is writing songs on his own. While he received a writing credit on each of the 10 songs on 'My World' - which was released only two weeks after he turned 16 - he did not write any of those songs on his own.

He's clearly growing as an artist and when 'Believe' gets here, fans will be able to hear just how much he's grown. Ultimately, while he has influences, his sound is all his own.

Justin Bieber “BABY” 1 Million LIKES Campaign!

Justin Bieber “BABY” 1 Million LIKES Campaign!

ATTENTION BELIEBERS!
Since Justin is releasing his new studio album “Under the Mistletoe” on November 1st, on November 4th we will try to help Justin’s Baby video on YouTube become the first YouTube video to reach 1 million likes – we only need 70,000 likes!
On November 4th, we are all going to LIKE Justin’s BABY video. Haters have been disliking the video and it has almost about 2 million dislikes and only 930,000 likes. On November 4th, we are all going to LIKE the video so it reaches A MILLION LIKES! Create multiple accounts to like the video more than once! Also, we will trend #likebaby and #baby1millionlikes on Twitter on November 4th.
Click here to LIKE BABY video.
Please spread the word by posting this on Twitter, Facebook, Justin’s YouTube videos, etc.
Justin has over 13 Million twitter followers, and 36 million LIKES on Facebook. Where are these beliebers? If all Beliebers unite, we can easily give Justin this gift!
REMEMBER: Tweet #likebaby and #baby1millionlikes and make it TREND on November 4th, hopefully Video BABY will reach 1 million LIKES by November 4th.

Click here to LIKE BABY video.

Please spread the word by posting this on Twitter, Facebook, Justin’s YouTube videos, etc.

Justin has over 13 Million twitter followers, and 36 million LIKES on Facebook. Where are these beliebers? If all Beliebers unite, we can easily give Justin this gift!

REMEMBER: Tweet #likebaby and #baby1millionlikes and make it TREND on November 4th, hopefully Video BABY will reach 1 million LIKES by November 4th.

WE CAN DO THIS!!

Source-JustinBieberZone

Justin Bieber to create movie in 2012

Justin Bieber wants to create a movie in 2012.

The 'Baby' hitmaker - who last year released documentary film 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never', which chronicled his ascent to pop stardom - revealed his team are "working on a script" as he plans to return to the big screen next summer when he's finished his Christmas record 'Under the Mistletoe' and second studio album.

He told MTV News: "What's happening is: Get off this tour, and then my [holiday] album's coming out, so I have to go back out and promote that album ... and then after that ... it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again.

"Hopefully next summer I can start on a movie or something."

It will not be the first time the 17-year-old pop star has tried his hand at acting after he starred on crime drama TV series 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' last year - and Justin has since admitted he's caught the acting bug.

Earlier this year, he said: "I definitely want to do more acting, and further my career in that area, that's something I would love to do."

Source: Bang Showbiz

Justin Bieber To Release the Christmas Song On Monday

Justin Bieber’s recent released single Mistletoe has already hit hit No. 1 from his Christmas album Under the Mistletoe and he may be releasing another single soon.

The pop star has confirmed that he will be unveiling his Under the Mistletoe collaboration with Usher next week.  Bieber posted on Facebook a shout out to his fans for making his single number one worldwide.  He also linked a music video for Mistletoe on his Facebook page.  He also mentioned that he will be putting out the next Christmas song, Chestnuts with Usher.  According to the tracklisting for the upcoming LP the song with Usher is called The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on The Open Fire).  This is not the first time Bieber has collaborated with his mentor when the two teamed up for the remix of Somebody to Love which was released in 2010.

Under the Mistletoe is scheduled to be released on November 1.  Justin mentioned that he made this Christmas album that everyone would remember.  He is also fairly excited about the collaborations he made on this album which include Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey.  Are you excited to hear more from his Christmas album?

Justin Bieber Singing Shirtless At End Of My World Tour On Stage On 19, Oct 2011

It Was Last Concert Of My World Tour..........
So Justin Bieber Was Singing Shirtless In End Of Concert........
Girls Got Biebergasm??????
Comment and See pic---

Justin Tweeted-

#MYWORLDTOUR last night. Great night pic.twitter.com/joHM8Gik

Diet Foods

Coloured foods are the diet foods which helps in balancing our diet.Deeper the colour the greater the benefits.

Red fruits and veggies is an antioxidant
*protects against ultra-violet rays & cancer
*prevents urinary tract infections and diseases related to circulatory system.

Green veggies 

*possess excellant antioxidant properties that protect your eyes by keeping the retina in good condition.
*reduce the risk of cancerous tumours.

Orange and Yellow groups

*Contains beta-carotene,an antioxidant improves cell communication
* Helps to stop the spread of cancer

Blue and Purple Group

*adds an element of transquillity and richness to your plate
*have an influence on the pineal gland and nervous system.

White Group

*contains sulphur compounds that protect DNA
*contains flavonoids,the antioxidants that protect cell membranes

Therefore the more coloured our diet foods ,the better equipped is our immune system to cope with diseases.

Learn French :GETTING ACQUAINTED Part3

GETTING ACQUAINTED


TALKING ABOUT WORK


Qu’est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ? What do you do?
Je suis ingénieur. I’m an engineer.
Je travaille avec des ordinateurs. I work with computers.
Je m’occupe de mes trois enfants. I take care of my three children.
Je suis mannequin. I’m a model.
Tu es très belle. You’re very beautiful.
Tu aimes bien ton travail ? Do you like your job?
Oui, c’est vraiment super. Yes, it’s great.
Non, pas vraiment. C’est ennuyant. Not really...it’s boring.
Ça va. It’s all right.

TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL


Tu es étudiant ? Are you a student?
Qu’est-ce que tu étudies ? What are you studying?
Je fais mon droit. I’m in law school.
Je fais une école de commerce. I’m a Business major.
La biologie. Biology.

TALKING ABOUT LEISURE ACTIVITIES


Qu’est-ce que tu fais pour t’amuser ? What do you do for fun?
J’aime bien faire de la randonnée. I like to go hiking.
J’adore voyager. I love to travel.
J’écoute de la musique. I listen to music.
Quelle sorte de musique est-ce que tu aimes ? What kind of music do you like?
J’aime toute sorte de musique, sauf l’opéra. I like all music except opera.
J’adore le jazz. I’m into jazz.
Tu aimes les sports ? Do you like sports?
J’aime jouer au tennis. I like to play tennis.

EXPRESSING INTEREST


Ah bon ? Really?
C’est sympa. That sounds great.
Tant pis. Too bad.
Moi aussi. Me too

Some sales from Justin Bieber's new CD to go to charity

(AP)  

NEW YORK - Justin Bieber is in the holiday spirit: The singer is the first artist on the Universal Music roster to have part of his album sales benefit charity.

Partial sales from "Under the Mistletoe," his Christmas album that is out Nov. 1, will go to various charities, including Pencils of Promise and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

"Universal never actually allowed money from the album to go to charity, so it's kind of a unique thing and I'm very happy and proud of what we've done," the 17-year-old said in an interview from Lima, Peru, on Monday.

Universal Music Group in the parent company to labels like Interscope Records and Island Def Jam Music Group. Its roster includes Eminem, Rihanna, Kanye West and Lady Gaga.

Bieber said he isn't sure how much of the sales will go to charity, but thanks his team for helping him achieve his goal of wanting to help others during the holiday season.

"I tell them basically what I want and they kind of go and help me get it done," said Bieber, who will also donate money to various food banks.

"Under the Mistletoe" features collaborations with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, among others. He said he wanted to "work with people who had great experiences with Christmas albums."

"They were all great people and fun to be around," said the Canadian-born entertainer, who appears on a "super festive" version of Carey's classic song "All I Want for Christmas."

Chris Brown co-wrote and co-produced the song "Christmas Eve," which Bieber says "all the ladies will like." And there are also tunes featuring Usher and the country trio the Band Perry.

"They've been really successful and great in the country world, so I wanted to get them on my Christmas album and cross some barriers and try to get some different audience members to listen to my music," he said.

Bieber, who also raps on the Busta Rhymes-assisted "Drummer Boy," said he enjoys performing different styles of music.

"I guess I can be pretty versatile - being able to do country music and put out a record of me rapping on the Internet," he said. "I just think that with the Internet, not a lot of artists can be taken seriously if they try to change lanes and so I made it kind of apparent at first that I love to do everything and people kind of take me seriously when I switch over, so I'm really lucky to be able to have that."

Under The Mistletoe Single Tops The Itunes' Charts

Heres the pic -

Click To Enlarge

Woohhh We Beliebers Go hard :) 
Click Here To Buy
Click Here To take part in our contest

Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

Justin Tweeted-

Here it is!! Glad you guys are liking it. The World Premiere of the #MISTLETOE Music Video!!! enjoy - http://youtu.be/LUjn3RpkcKY

Dont Forget to take part here :) - Click here

Under The Mistletoe Special

Hey Guyzz We are back with new contest #underthemistletoe contest
u have to answer What thing u liked the most in Under The Mistletoe Music Video.
Click Here To answer
Terms and conditions

Under The Mistletoe Webisode - MISTLETOE in the Studio

Justin Said-

With UNDER THE MISTLETOE coming out here are some webisodes from the studio while we made it. On the Deluxe CD you can see all of them but will post a couple online for everyone. Really excited and Proud of this album. Features Mariah Carey, Usher, Busta Rhymes, The Band Perry, and Boyz 2 Men. Truly honored. Here is the webisode of the making of Mistletoe and a sneak peak at Santa Claus is coming to Town!!! MISTLETOE is out OCT 17th and the Album UNDER THE MISTLETOE is out NOVEMBER 1st!! Thank you for always supporting me and helping me live my dream. This is just the beginning for us….CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY THIS YEAR! God Bless and Much Love – JUSTIN

Guyz Dont Forget We have  Justin Bieber Under The Mistletoe Contest................
See Headline Of Blog Tommorow
 

Has Justin Bieber Spent $1 Million on Selena Gomez?

Has Justin Bieber really spent $1 million on girlfriend Selena Gomez? That's what friends of the Never Say Never singer are saying. What on earth has he spent that much money on?

According to omg! , some of Justin's friends fear he's quickly working his way through his hard-earned cash in an attempt to impress Selena Gomez. He is afraid that because she's two years older than him (he is 17 to Selena's 19 years) that he needs to impress her in order to hang on to her.

Do you think this is true? Do Justin's friends really know what they're saying or is this simply speculation on their parts? Could they be jealous that Justin Bieber doesn't spend that kind of money on them or shower them with gifts and adventures the way he does Selena?

Here's what one of Justin Bieber's buddies has to say about the situation.

"She is his dream girl. He really wants to impress her. Every date is a production, from bodyguards to flowers, private jets to catered meals. Plus, he buys her major gifts. It's all adding up pretty quickly," the friend says.

Everyone has read about the expensive hotel suites, the private dinner and movie at the Staples Center in L.A. and rides on a private jet--but isn't that what young people who make the kind of money that these two make do? They both seem quite grounded, so it comes as a surprise to learn that Justin Bieber could be spending that kind of money simply as a means of holding on to Selena Gomez.

And besides--Selena's no slouch. Her popularity increases almost daily and she must be making pretty decent money of her own.

What do you think about all of this? The dispute isn't over whether or not Justin Bieber has spent the $1 million on Selena Gomez--but rather is more about what his friends' claim the reason for such extravagances may be.

When is Diwali?What is Diwali and About Diwali 2012

Diwali/Deepavali  is known as  'festival of lights'and it is the important festival for Hindus. These lights symbolises the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.This year Deepavali is celebrated on 13th November 2012. 

People celebrate diwali by cleaning and white-washing the house,lighting deepams/diyas, bursting fireworks, wearing new clothes and sharing sweets. A traditional visit to the Temple,early morning taking bath in hot water is a significant ritual of the day as it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi resides in hot water on early morning of that particular day.

Deepams, traditionally fueled by mustard oil, are placed in houses, shops and in public places.The lamps are lit to help the goddess Lakshmi find her way into people's homes.

Doorways are hung with torans of mango leaves and marigolds. Rangoli are drawn on the floors.Traditionally,  lotus flower is drawn mostly as it is the image of Lakshmi . Fireworks plays a big part in Diwali celebrations, although in recent years there has been a move against them because of noise and atmospheric pollution and the number of accidental deaths and injuries.

People start the new business year at Diwali, and some Hindus will say prayers to the goddess for a successful year.On Diwali ocassion,some people build a small altar to the goddess and decorate it with money and with pictures of the rewards of wealth, such as cars and houses.

There are various legends and stories associated with the Diwali festival. The story of Bali, Emergence of Laxmi, Krishna Narakasur Fight, Victory of Rama over Ravana and many more. 

• In northern India, Diwali celebrates Rama's return from fourteen years of exile to Ayodhya after the defeat of Ravana and his subsequent coronation as king;
• In Gujarat, the festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth;
• In Nepal and South India, Diwali commemorates the victory of Lord Krishna over the demon king Narakaasura;
• In Bengal, it is associated with the goddess Kali.

 Wish u all a very Happy Diwali !!!