How Diwali is Celebrated in India
One of India's most popular holidays is the five-day festival of lights, with Thursday being the primary day of celebrations, when devotees pray to the Hindu goddess of riches.
Diwali is marked by the lighting of little earthen oil lamps to symbolize the victory of light over darkness.
What the Holiday Represents
Deepawali is derived from the Sanskrit term deepavali, which meaning "row of clay lamps." Many Indians may light these lamps outside their homes to represent the inner light that protects them from spiritual darkness, in keeping with the holiday's theme of good triumphing over evil. Because the festival falls on the same day as the Hindu New Year, it is connected with an opportunity to start again.
Cleaning the house, buying new furniture, and exchanging gifts with loved ones all take place over the course of the five days. It also focuses on customs such as purchasing new kitchen equipment to help bring good fortune, as well as other rituals to entice the spirits' benevolence.
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In India, how do the celebrations look?
Authorities in the northern Indian temple town of Ayodhya lighted about a million of these lamps along the banks of a river. The Hindu god Lord Ram is thought to have been born at Ayodhya, and Diwali marks the day he returned home after killing a demon.
Fireworks and devotional music are common features of Indian festivities. However, there are concerns about air pollution generated by Diwali firecrackers in the midst of the festivities.
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The capital, New Delhi, has already reached its highest level of pollution this season.
As Hindus around the world celebrated Diwali, nearly a million clay lanterns flashed along a northern Indian river. The five-day festival is one of India's most celebrated celebrations, celebrating the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Diwali is celebrated by over a billion Hindus around the world.
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