Diwali celebration in Goa

THE MAKING AND KILLING OF NARKASURA                                                          
In Goa the people make huge narkasura which are filled with grass, waste papers, and crackers. Sometimes a lot of money is spent on making of narkasura.
In all over goa there are narkasura competitions and they give cash prizes for the best made one and then taken in a open place and later burnt the narkasura and lot of fireworks display to begin the festival of diwali.

There are many legends related to the festival of diwali. However in goa the narkasura legend of diwali is well known and this is the reason for the diwali celebration.

In the ancient time the beautiful land of goi was ruled by the narkasura and he haf lot of power. He was destroyed everything, then peoples from goa prayed and ask lord krishna for help. A battle was faught between lord krishna and narkasur in which lord Krishna killed narkasur by using "sudharshan chakra".