Diwali

New Delhi: On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, celebs took to social media to wish their fans on Monday. 'The Family Man' actor Manoj Bajpayee took to.

She wrote, “Happy Diwali everyone! She wrote, Happy Diwali,” with diya and diamond emoji. Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali.”

Winter is here, as shown by the holiday celebrations. Sikhs in Punjab commemorate the holiday at gurudwaras, and Punjabi Hindus observe this day as a day of ...

The traditional Diwali dish, known to Maharashtrians as 'Faral' is still served on this day. People commemorate the festival in the Tamil month of Aipasi in the southern region of India (Thula month). Diwali is observed as Kali Puja in Bengal. The country unites on this auspicious day, despite differences in cultures and backgrounds. Winter is here, as shown by the holiday celebrations. [By India Today Web Desk](/author/india-today-web-desk): The divine celebration of Diwali is warmly welcomed by every Indian.

Indians have celebrated Diwali as earthen oil lamps and dazzling lights lit up homes and streets across the...

Modi and his party had long pledged to build a temple to Ram where the Mughal-era mosque once stood, in a long-running controversy. Thousands of residents also lit lamps at their houses and temples across the city. The stunning spectacle along the shores of Saryu River was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To celebrate his return, people light the earthen lamps. Millions of Indians thronged crowded bazaars for shopping, bringing back the Diwali cheer that was dampened during the last two years due to coronavirus restrictions. Indians have celebrated Diwali as earthen oil lamps and dazzling lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

People celebrate this festival with lots of enthusiasm by cleaning houses, exchanging gifts and lighting up their houses. As per the mythological beliefs, Lord ...

Wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous Diwali! Shubh Deepavali to you and your family. I wish you and your family a sparkling and Happy Diwali 2022.

Hindus celebrate Diwali, but it is observed in different religions as well. Jains and Sikhs also have their own traditions, with their own religious ...

However, the Indian diaspora is much more widely spread, and Diwali is observed by people of Indian descent in almost every country on the planet. The festival is a celebration of all things luminary and settlements across the world, of all sizes, light up in festivity. It is the celebration of light over darkness and the triumph of good over evil; this name is chosen to signify this. Diwali falls within the Hindu lunar calendar month of Karthik and is chosen as it falls on Amavasya, which translates to moonless night. The day after Diwali is a little more subdued, and celebrations differ from area to area. Let's explore the history of the festival and some of the most interesting and important facts about this celebration.

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.

Hundreds of millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali on Monday with earthen oil lamps, colourful floor decorations and bright lights.

[firecrackers](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2021/11/02/indians-to-celebrate-green-diwali-as-top-court-bans-toxic-firecrackers/) and warned residents that flouting the ban will attract jail terms of six months. [worsening the air quality](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/10/17/delhis-air-quality-deteriorates-to-severe-level-ahead-of-diwali/) as low wind speeds mean the pollutants are trapped in the lower atmosphere. [return home of Lord Ram](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/10/05/indians-celebrate-dussehra-with-pomp-and-fervour/), his wife Sita and brother Laxman after 14 years in exile, after killing the 10-headed demon king Ravana who had abducted Sita.

It is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in the Hindu religion and is characterised by the use of stunning lights, candles, and oil lamps as well as ...

May the merriment of this wonderful festival of Diwali fill your life with infinite joy. However, according to the [Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/) saying ‘Happy Diwali’ is okay but there are longer greetings available which you can use. By this, chances are you know someone who is connected to the festival and you may want to pass on your best wishes but say something beyond only ‘Happy Diwali’. Every year, Diwali occurs after the conclusion of the harvest to coincide with the new moon that comes out between October and November - it symbolises the triumph of knowledge over ignorance or, in other words, light over darkness. Reportedly, the word Diwali (or Deepavali) comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “rows of lighted lamps”. [Sikhs](/topic/sikhs) and some Buddhists all over the world celebrating it.

A devotee holds an oil lamp while offering prayers during Hindu festival of Diwali at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Oct. 24, 2022.

Indians displayed dazzling lights on streets and homes to celebrate Diwali which is known as the festival of lights on Monday.

However this year, with restrictions being lifted, people are celebrating the festival with enthusiasm. Families gathered to offer prayers, light fireworks and enjoy festive meals. Indians displayed dazzling lights on streets and homes to celebrate Diwali which is known as the festival of lights on Monday.

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 ...

Homes and balconies across the Emirates are decked out with strings of lights and flowers this week in honour of the five-day festival of lights, which started ...

Wishing them a happy festival," he said on Twitter. "On the behalf of the people of the UAE, we congratulate all those who celebrate Diwali. On the behalf of the people of the UAE, we congratulate all those who celebrate Diwali.

Every Diwali celebration includes an elaborate spread of Indian sweet and savory treats. Here are two to try at home.

Sprinkle a bit of red chile powder and black salt on top. [Diwali (aka Deepavali or Dipavali), the festival of lights, ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/11/02/diwali-holiday-2021-when-does-diwali-start-what-its-meaning/6208901001/)begins on Oct. [Raw kale can be tough. - Brush a cutting board and rolling pan with ½ teaspoon ghee. Add another 2 tablespoons of room-temperature water to make a firm dough. Remove, using a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towel. Roll each piece with a rolling pin until it's 5 inches wide. This recipe is a personal recipe from Bharti Sanghavi. Note: Ghee is clarified butter that is sold at Indian markets and at many other grocers. This recipe is from "Beyond the Curry with Bharti," by Bharti Sanghavi. Every Diwali celebration includes an elaborate spread of Indian sweet and savory treats. Diwali lasts five days and is arguably the most wonderful time of the year for the millions of people across the globe who practice the Hindu, Sikh and Jain religions.

Diwali took center stage at The Pierre in New York City, where Christian Louboutin, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Pete Buttigieg, and others partied the night ...

What a fun way to celebrate the holiday!” exclaimed Kal Penn, wearing a glimmering red and blue Harleen Kaur jacket. Anjula Acharia, wearing Falguni Shane Peacock, shared similar excitement for the holiday: “Diwali is so important to me because it’s an expression of my culture, the beauty, the elegance, the colors, and an opportunity to show how much fun we are.” Falguni and Shane Peacock, two of India’s [top fashion designers](https://www.vogue.com/article/beyonce-jay-z-blue-ivy-wearable-art-gala), co-hosted the party and dressed many attendees. We really want to put Diwali on the map.” Diwali is a Hindu holiday celebrating the victory of light and good over darkness and evil. It’s common to light oil-filled clay diyas in order to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and Ganesh, the god of wisdom and good luck.

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.

In a world where there is strife and unrest on so many fronts, at the forefront of which is the dark ominous cloud of impending nuclear warfare, any ray of ...

It is this very respect and honour which can lead to the light of tolerance, unity, harmony and ultimately peace in our world. The significance of the celebration varies from area to area, whether celebrating the homecoming of Rama after defeating the 10-headed demon king, Krishna’s defeat of the demon Narakasura or the marriage of Lakshmi and Vishnu to name a few. The term Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word dipavali which translates to ‘row of lights’.

President Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a reception to celebrate Diwali in the East Room.

– President Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a reception to celebrate Diwali in the East Room. You can watch President Biden, First Lady Dr.

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted an intimate celebration of Diwali at her residence in DC, attended by South Asian leaders in politics, film and TV, ...

It sounds cliche to say that “you have to see it to be it”; it’s also not entirely true, as many of the trailblazing guests were the first to mark a certain level of achievement in their fields. And here we all were, together, celebrating a holiday and wearing clothes that people may have mocked us for in the past or that made us targets of hate. They then handed out sparklers, the handheld fireworks that are commonly lit on Diwali to symbolize the idea of seeking light in the darkness. But it was beautiful to turn around everywhere and see South Asians of all ages meeting and greeting each other, congratulating each other on their latest personal or professional accomplishments, and the young dancers taking it all in — all of us, quite literally, seeing it. To many of us, one of the seemingly small but standout moments of Bridgerton season 2 is when Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) oils her sister Edwina’s (Charithra Chandran) hair: a tradition many of us grew up with, one that brings us immense comfort, and also one that caused others to mock us. She wrote on her Instagram that she realized “each one of the guests at the party did have something in common: we were all self-made. After all, Harris is a heartbeat away from the presidency, the right-hand woman to one of the most influential leaders in the world — and a powerful figure in her own right. (The event was off the record, but I’m writing this with permission from her office.) She spoke of her memories celebrating Diwali in India as a child, and the universal relevance of what the holiday stands for: light over darkness, and enlightenment over ignorance. … It wasn’t our pedigree, but rather the degree of effort we worked on our goals, that unites us. But the fact of it happening on one of our most important holidays — the holiday that is all about the triumph of good over evil, of light over dark — was something I couldn’t (and still don’t) understand. These are all people I have watched work for years and years to get to positions of power and influence, and I know for a fact it wasn’t always easy (if it ever was). The values we hold, the policies we enact or support, the intersectionality of true justice: these are all things that matter just as much, if not more, than the identity of any one person in any one position.

NEW YORK (AP) — The week dawned gloomily in New York, but the drab mist was little match for the holiday at hand: Diwali, the festival of lights that ...

Ratan Sharma, a manager at India Sari Palace, says sweet shops and grocery stores are the biggest beneficiaries of the Diwali shopping. Padma Lakshmi and Sarita Choudhury embraced for the camera, with the former demonstrating some hip-shaking thumkas. Carrying a basket brimming with tea lights and other decorations, the Delhi native said her Diwali celebrations in the United States are usually intimate family affairs because most people prefer to pray in their own homes. In the stands outside Apna Bazaar, a grocery store, a sea of small clay pots and wicks for Diwali lamps lay alongside fresh bunches of cilantro and above bags of onions. The party, now in its third year, highlights Diwali by bringing together high-powered South Asians with other New York luminaries — people who “the world saw as leaders and role models,” said host Anita Chatterjee, CEO of A-Game Public Relations. Five miles east of the five-star hotel, those already familiar with the holiday were embarking on preparations for their personal celebrations.

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.

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.

President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris host a Diwali celebration reception at White House on Monday.

In India, people celebrated Diwali on Monday as bright earthen oil lamps and dazzling, colorful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Watch in the player around. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

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

A home that belongs to all of you," the first lady said. Each day of the festival is associated with six different principal stories. Moreover, US vice-president Kamala Harris also delivered remarks from the White House on the occasion of Diwali celebrations. This is the first Diwali reception of this scale in the White House ever to be held. We have more Asian Americans than ever before in history and we want to thank you for making the Diwali celebration a joyous part of American culture," US President Joe Biden said during a reception to celebrate Diwali at the White House. As the world celebrates this gathering of light, he said, "as this community has experienced too often--that there is always darkness lurking.

Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October 24 as Diwali. Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across ...

The Governor also held the first ever Diwali celebration at the Governor’s Mansion. [Proclamation](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F3418*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=4971163f5f1377471aeac17a253d1b76d4f89f9610e7bfdcbbeb1214c06d3386__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1Irr2TLhKA$). “I hope this Diwali is filled with peace, joy and prosperity for everyone, especially for our Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist communities across the state,” said Governor Cooper. Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across the world. [issued](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F398*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=b9a6d3eb556f6580e5c9017cf0e5aefa3d33106c8ddb91c45734684365b677a1__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1IpKhIjkIA$) the first proclamation in North Carolina history to recognize and celebrate Diwali. [proclaimed](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F3418*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=4971163f5f1377471aeac17a253d1b76d4f89f9610e7bfdcbbeb1214c06d3386__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1Irr2TLhKA$) October 24 as Diwali.

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 ...

Lastly, the fifth day is specifically for [siblings](https://www.housebeautiful.com/entertaining/holidays-celebrations/g23437650/family-christmas-gifts/). Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights. [gift exchanges](https://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/g41316192/luxury-gifts-for-her/). Then, the main and biggest Diwali celebration occurs on the third day when families come together in prayer. [favorite holidays](https://www.housebeautiful.com/entertaining/holidays-celebrations/g3986/designer-holiday-decorating-ideas/). It seems as if every day is a different gathering with close friends who love the spirit of Diwali.

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.