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Yama Dīpa Dāna 2001

Amanta Ashvayuja Krishna Trayodashi: lighting a lamp for Yama on the eve of Diwali

📍 Columbus, Ohio, America (United States)
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About Yama Dīpa Dāna
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Yama Dīpa Dāna

Yama Dīpa Dāna (also written Yamadeepdaan, Yama Deep Daan, or Yamadeepam) is the practice of lighting a lamp for Yama, the lord of death and dharma, on the evening of Krishna Trayodashi of Ashvayuja (Ashwin) month, the same calendar day widely observed as Dhanteras.

Tradition (commonly cited to the Skanda Purana) holds that placing a lamp outside the house for Yama on this evening wards off untimely death for the household. In many homes the lamp is lit with mustard or sesame oil and placed facing south, the direction associated with Yama, sometimes accompanied by a rangoli and a full complement of thirteen lamps around the home in observance of the same evening's Dhanteras rites.

Isa rūpa mẽ bhī khojā jātā hai: “Yama Dīpa Dāna 2001 Columbus”, “Yamadeepdaan Columbus 2001”, “Yama Deep Daan Columbus 2001”, “Yam Trayodashi Columbus 2001”

Tradition & Practice
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A Lamp Against Untimely Death
Tradition holds that this evening lamp, offered to Yama, wards off premature death for the household.
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Same Day as Dhanteras
Yama Deepa Daana falls on the same Krishna Trayodashi as Dhanteras, at the start of the Diwali festival cluster.
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