For Abha B. Roy, director of a large Diwali event in Queens, New York, Diwali is normally a day of celebrating with traditional Indian dances, foods such as biryani and samosas, oil-wicked candles ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Billions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists worldwide are preparing to celebrate Diwali, also known as the "festival of lights." This year, Diwali begins Thursday, Oct. 31 ...

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Dr. Sayali Amarapurkar & Arika Setty of the Edina Asian American Alliance joined Adam Llorens and Maxx Fuller on "The Afternoon Shift" to discuss the history and meaning behind the Diwali holiday and ...

Hindus across the Washington, D.C. region and around the world will celebrate the first day of the five-day holiday Diwali. The “festival of lights” is the yearly time for family gatherings, prayer, ...

The festive fervour is knocking on the door, with the grandest celebration on the Hindu calendar now just days away. Diwali has set the enthusiasm soaring among Indians, with shops flocked with ...

Diwali's annual five-day celebration, also known as Deepavali or Divali, ended on Oct. 22 in 2025. Diwali is a major holiday celebrated by many South Asian religious communities. In 2025, its ...

California could become the latest U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday. Last week the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 268, which would add Diwali, also known as ...

In celebration of the five-day Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali, Mattel has lit up the Barbie universe with its first Diwali doll. The company’s launch of the doll comes a few weeks ahead of ...

Indian women participate in a Rangoli competition (hindu ritual design) in Hyderabad, on January 11, 2012. Rangoli is a traditional decorative folk art from India. By Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group ...

Looking around at our impromptu and day-late Diwali celebration, I began to understand how growing up doesn’t have to mean ...