Diwali 2025: Celebrated as the most significant festival in Hindu culture, Diwali is a day eagerly anticipated by many. This festival symbolizes not just the triumph of light over darkness but also ...

Millions of Indians marked Diwali on Wednesday by lighting a record-breaking 2.51 million oil lamps in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The display commemorated the beginning of India's biggest Hindu festival.

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks ...

Diwali is celebrated on the Amavasya date of Kartik month and it is celebrated with great pomp across the country. But after Diwali, Dev Diwali also comes and according to religious belief, on this ...

Known as the "Festival of Lights," Diwali is a holiday of great significance to Indian Americans and South Asian Americans and traditionally celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains. The word ...

Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, symbolizing the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and spiritual ...

As the Hindu festival of Diwali approaches on October 20, the pottery villages of northern Bangladesh are buzzing with activity and anticipation. Across Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, ...

AYODHYA, India — The northern Indian city of Ayodhya broke a Guinness World Record on Tuesday by lighting 300,150 earthen lamps and keeping them burning for at least 45 minutes on the banks of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians ...