A Diwali celebration precedes a fireworks display at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett on Nov. 1, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Fireworks are set off as people celebrate Diwali at BAPS ...

Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights,” is one of the most popular festivals in India. It is celebrated primarily by Hindus but has become a national festival over the centuries and is ...

(AP) — Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and ...

The tradition of celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, keeps growing in the U.S. and creating a season of events including around the Bay Area. South Asian families who previously observed the ...

This year's Diwali celebrations will be brighter than ever in the Houston area after Harris County Commissioners Court on Thursday approved fireworks sales for the holiday for the first time.

Pictured is a performance from the International Diwali and Dussehra Festival held in 2017 at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. The Hindu holiday of Diwali, known as the festival of lights, is ...