L UCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically ...

Most years in early November, Ishita Gawde uses two grocery carts at the store, one for each arm. They’re filled with all sorts of treats, curries and savory tastes for a major Indian ...

So, she decided to create her very own feminist festival. The heat of just-warmed oil against my sleepy skin for the traditional bath on Diwali morning ... coloured diyas (lamps), flowers and ...

Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called 'diyas'. Diwali is also celebrated in Sikhism and Jainism. Diwali ...

Celebrants light rows of traditional clay oil lamps outside their homes ... like ladoos to trick-or-treaters. While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs ...

In the southeast corner of the home, place a mustard or sesame oil lamp and keep it lit throughout the Diwali festival. Keep the house and business premises neat, clean and well lit during the ...

Dev Diwali is the ‘Festival of Lights of the Gods’ and falls on the Kartik ... They perform ‘deepdan’ (offering oil lamps) in the honour of Goddess Ganga. Following this ‘Ganga aarti’ is performed by ...

This is general information. On Diwali, houses are lit up with oil lamps, candles and colourful electric lights. Traditionally, the earthen lamps with cotton wicks are lit in most of the houses.