Diwali in West Bengal - Celebrating Diwali the Bengali Way

Along with the rest of India, West Bengal, the gateway to Eastern India celebrates Diwali - the festival of light with great funfare. And it has a unique flavor of its own in the State. Diwali in West Bengal comes off just after Durga Puja, the most important festival of the state. The first day of the Diwali festival in Bengal begins with the lighting of lamps in every households and commercial establishments. In most of the Bengali households, two or even four plantain trees would be erected in the entrance and diyas are put on these using bamboo poles.