Diwali

A Tamil devotee lights an oil lamp at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...

Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump also held Diwali celebrations. Bush’s time in office. Last year, the Bidens lit a small lamp known as a diya at the White House to celebrate the festival.

Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, is celebrated by devotees all over the world. Also known as the festival of lights, it symbolises the ...

Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the Indian subcontinent — and in Greater Columbus — are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, this week.

The holiday is also a celebration of Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, and Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. and an Annakut celebration on Wednesday. You can support work like his with a tax-deductible donation to Report for America here: (This year, lighters of firecrackers in Delhi could face up to Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the Indian subcontinent — and in Greater Columbus — are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, this week. This is symbolized by the millions of candles, lights and fireworks illuminating villages, towns and cities over the holiday. On the third day, people place vermillion powder on the foreheads of cows. Both crows and dogs are given special food, and dogs are garlanded with marigold flowers. “We worship dogs because they protect us.” The most important celebration, Laxmi Puja, occurs on Monday with the new moon. Bengali-speakers in eastern India also worship Kali, an all-powerful goddess, during Diwali. [concentrated](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/17/6-facts-about-jains-in-india/) in western India, the holiday [marks](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jain-perspective-diwali_b_1032617) the attainment of enlightenment by the spiritual teacher Mahavira, in 527 B.C.E.

Indians across the country are celebrating the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

But on the night of Diwali, people also light up the sky with firecrackers, and the smoke causes smog that sometimes takes days to clear. [Diwali](/news/2020/11/14/diwali-2020-when-is-it-and-how-is-it-celebrated) on Monday as bright earthen oil lamps and colourful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness. Indians across the country are celebrating the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

Clay lamps, or diyas, are lit and placed around the entrances to Hindu homes the night before the new moon in the Hindu month of Kartika.

Jill and I wish a happy Diwali to the more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists celebrating this Festival of Lights in the United States, ...

American history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh reality that that we have never fully lived up to it. On this day, we give thanks for the optimism, courage, and empathy demonstrated by the incredible South Asian community all across America. Jill and I wish a happy Diwali to the more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists celebrating this Festival of Lights in the United States, India, and around the world.

When it comes to Diwali gifts, we've rounded up our top picks that are both on-theme and stylish. From candleholders to linen napkins, these are our ...

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Joe Biden has appointed a record number of over 130 Indo-Americans at various levels of the administrations, Ajay Jain Bhutoria said.

It’s a wonderful recognition by the President and by the White House to host all of us on Diwali. “It’s an honour and a privilege to be here to celebrate Diwali. I feel very privileged to be here as an Indian American,” Atul Keshap, president of US India Business Council told PTI during the reception.