Celebrate Diwali ... suggest using bright colours and patterns. Alternatively, you could recycle any unwanted magazines, newspapers or even books and turn them into beautiful diyas!

This year, Diwali will be celebrated on October 31st. On this day, homes are decorated with diyas, and Lakshmi and Ganesha ...

So what is the deeper significance of lighting a diya (clay lamp) during Diwali? Kumud Merani tells us more. Disclaimer: Every religion and country as well as state in India might have different ...

Shirdi, Maharashtra, Nov 14: Devotees of Sai Baba on Diwali night lighted one lakh eight thousand diyas (lamps) within 30 seconds. "This was our way of expressing devotion for Baba's 'Nau ...

On Badi Diwali, or Lakshmi Puja, it is customary to light numerous diyas throughout the home and courtyard, symbolising the hope for a bright and prosperous future. Many also light diyas in their ...

These lamps are known as diyas or divas. Through this, the festival of Diwali was born. Image caption, The diyas represent the lights that guided Rama and Sita home, as told in the poem Ramayana.