This festival has been celebrated for ages and has multiple stories, but the most popular one is the return of lord Ram to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. Let's go to the start of this story. Lord Rama's wife Goddess Sita along with lord Laxman were sent to exile.
Eventually, they found a beautiful place in the forests to stay. Everything was going well until one day a demoness named Surpanakha spotted them and was flattered by the handsome prince. So she approached lord Rama for marriage but he refused politely.
The refusal enraged Surpanakha and she decided to attack Sita. However, before she could succeed Lakshman attacked her and cut her nose. But, Surpanakha wasn't just another demon, she was the sister of a terrible and powerful demon king, Ravan who had ten heads and was feared across the earth and heaven.
Surpanakha informed her brother about Sita's beauty and how he deserved to marry her. So, one day Ravan abducted Sita and took her in his magic chariot which could fly. But Sita was really clever and left a trail of her jewellery.
Ram identified the jewellery and followed the trail until he met the mighty Hanuman. Hanuman found Sita, on a distant island across the giant wavy ocean. So, hanuman and the rest of the army started to build a bridge also known as the ram setu. After fighting for days, Ram gained victory and save Sita.
They then went back to Ayodha. This day is celebrated as the festival of lights, as every citizen of Ayodha lighted the houses with diyas to celebrate the return of lord ram.
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