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Hindus around the world celebrate the festival of lights. India celebrates the festival with a dazzling display of lights. Deepawali originates from Sanskrit words deep (lamp) and vali (row). It literally means "row of lights". The festival is celebrated by lighting earthen lamps.
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Houses are lit up with decorative lights and lanterns on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a slum in Mumbai, India, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
People light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
People prepare to release lanterns from a hilltop during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A woman helps her daughter to draw a rangoli, mural made out of colored powders, outside their home during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Karachi, Pakistan October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
People prepare to release lanterns from a hilltop during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A girl waves a burning sparkler during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Karachi, Pakistan, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A Tamil devotee lights an oil lamp at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka , October 24, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
A Tamil devotee prays while holding an oil lamp at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka , October 24, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
A girl poses with a rangoli, mural made out of colored powders, outside her home during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Karachi, Pakistan, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
People prepare to release a lantern from a hilltop during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A Tamil devotee looks up to the sunlight at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka , October 24, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sawantri, 40, helps her son to wave a burning sparkler during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Karachi, Pakistan, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Children react as they light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
A flying lantern hovers above the skyline of Kathmandu valley during the Tihar festival, the Hindu festival of lights in Kathmandu, Nepal October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A Tamil devotee lights an oil lamp at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte