Diwali 2023: India lights up in Diwali colours, celebrates sweets, and fireworks
Celebration of Diwali
Celebration of Diwali
Amazing, and unforgettable Ayodhya!
India celebrated the festival of lights by illuminating their homes with lights, candles, and bursting firecrackers. This picture from Ayodhya was shared by Indian PM Narendra Modi on X.
Chopda Pujan
The festival is marked by grand celebrations, with people exchanging greetings, sharing sweets, and lighting fireworks. On this day, businessmen celebrate 'Chopda Pujan' or the worship of account books.
A trader prays while sitting with accounting books during Chopda Pujan, special prayers for trading account books during Diwali in Mumbai.
Golden temple shimmers
On this day, Sikhs in India and elsewhere celebrate 'Bandi Chhor Divas,' or Diwali lighting candles at Gurudwara, the Sikh places of worship. This is what the Golden Temple, an important Sikh pilgrim spot, looked like on the occasion of Diwali.
Bangla Sahib Delhi
At Bangla Sahib in the Indian capital New Delhi, devotees gathered to light candles and celebrate the festival of lights.
The city, which over the last two days had some relief from polluted air also saw the beginnings of the toxic haze begin to gather once again as people in the city of 20 million, defied a ban on firecrackers on the night of Diwali.
Earthen lamps alight
Students light earthen oil lamps on rangoli, a decorative design, on the occasion of the Diwali, a Hindu festival of lights in Guwahati.
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