DIWALI IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA
In Gujarat, Rajasthan and most of northern India it a tradition to buy new vessels on the Dhan teras day, that is the first day of Diwali to welcom wealth and prosperity. In the rest of the country people buy gold and ornaments. The traditional Vaids and Hakims celebrate it as Dhanvantri Jayanti , the Lord of medicine.

For the trading communities of the north the new financial year begins with Diwali. That is reason puja is performed to account books, safes and tijoris on Dhan teras as well as on Diwali day. A coin is placed on the account books before the puja which is supposed to signify wealth , and the coin is preserved and again used in the puja in the next Diwali. The stock brokers perform "Chopra pug" at the exchange and a customary 'muhurat trading' trading takes place at the stock exchange, when the sensex invariably notches up a few points even in a bad market. The story goes that on the night of Lakshmi Puja , the Goddess comes to reside at the place of the puja, that is the reason the traders and shopkeepers keep awake with lights burning all night to welcome Lakshmi any time she chooses to come.

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