Bali Pratipada is an annual Hindu festival of lights in honor of Bali, the grandson of gods.
Bali Pratipada, also called as Bali Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali to earth. Mahabali (IAST: Mahabali), also known as Bali, Indrasenan or Maveli, is a Daitya king found in Hindu texts. Mahabali is the grandson of Prahlada, a descendant of Rishi Kashyapa. Kashyapa (Sanskrit: , romanized: IAST: Kasyapa) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. 
