00:0014 years of exile, and a pitch black knight hiding home. If your beloved king was lost in total
00:05darkness, what would you do? Sage Valmiki records the homecoming of Rama, the exiled prince of
00:10Ayodhya. He had vanquished the demon king Ravana, and earned his crown. But on the night he returned,
00:16the sky held no moon. Amavasya, the blackest knight of the year, blanketed the city.
00:21He cannot find the roads, a potter whispered to his small daughter. Then we will make a son,
00:26she answered, holding clay lamps. An entire city turning mud into light.
00:31Look closely at this. Women poured oil into small clay dhyas and lit cotton wicks.
00:36Every balcony, doorway and dusty street lined up tiny glowing fires.
00:40Miles of flickering flames cut right through the pitch black sky.
00:44Approaching from above, Rama wept seeing the city burning with love. He stepped through the gates,
00:49surrounded by rivers of golden fire. The 14 years of darkness vanished in one radiant night.
00:53They did not wait for the moon, they burned their own clay. When night falls, shine.
00:58Today millions light clay dhyas every autumn for the first Diwali.
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