According to ancient legends, the celebrating of dhanteras shows the story of the king himas 16 year old son it was foretold that he died on the 4th day of his marriage due to snake bite. though he had been married only for 4 days, but his newly married wife new about this prediction earlier, therefore she had a pile with her coins made of precious metals of gold and silver at the entrance to her husband bedroom, kept all jewelary outside in fill the entire place with the lamp. Then during the night she used to tell stories many times and sang song to keep her husband awake, it is believed that when yama, the god of death come in the foam of a snake, he could not find the prince and he was unable to enter the room of the prince because he was amazed at the beauty of the bright red glitter and shinning lights and the lights of jewels.
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