During Diwali, plates of sweets (mithai), fruits/dry fruits, special homemade snacks, etc., as well as other articles like jewelry, greeting cards, etc., are gifted. On the day of Bhaubeej (Bhaidooj), which proceeds Diwali, brothers give gifts of money, jewelry, etc., to sisters. This Diwali, we can give sattvik gifts that will benefit our loved ones with their sattvik vibrations, as well as by acting as reminders to do spiritual practice and develop sattvik/divine qualities. Some such gifts are:

Sattvik images of Deities: Images containing maximum principle of the respective deity are helpful in attracting the deity’s presence, as well as in activating spiritual emotion during worship of the image. Click here for such sattvik images of Lord Ganesh, Lord Shiva, Lord Rama, Lord Hanuman, Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Datta and Lord Krushna. One can print them out on a color printer and laminate or frame them, or prepare a greeting card using the image as the cover page of the greeting card. The message of the greeting can be written inside the greeting card, as a blank, twopage greeting card would allow. If making a greeting card with a Deity’s image, keep the image separate from the greeting card, so that the recipient does not have to unstaple/forcefully separate and thus, damage/wrinkle the image, and can use it without any marks/wrinkles.

Chanting strips (Naampatti’s): Paper strips with any of seven chants necessary to remove negative energy obstacles and make spiritual progress are available with the Sanatan. Kindly send your order information to sanatan@sanatan.org.

Sattvik greeting card: As with all the other materials of the Sanatan, this greeting card, too, has been prepared by seekers with devotion, as a part of their satseva. Hence, it is sattvik and emanates chaitanya. This greeting card is free. It can be downloaded here and can either be e-mailed or printed out and mailed to loved ones, reminding them, too, of the true, spiritual purpose of Diwali.