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Passaic County Diwali celebrations. Diwali and Chopda Pujan ceremony will take place at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, 854 Bloomfield Ave., Clifton on Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. During this ...
The Sindhu Association of New Jersey will host a Diwali Ball featuring dinner and an open bar at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at the Mirag Banquet Hall, 1655 Oak Tree Road, Edison. For more information ...
Celebrate Diwali: Dancing Devi will take place at the Paramus Public Library, 116 E. Century Road, on Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Author Priya Parikh will read from her new book ...
Naraka Chaturdashi (also known as Kali Chaudas, Narak Chaudas, Roop Chaudas, Choti Diwali, [1] Narak Nivaran Chaturdashi and Bhoot Chaturdashi) is an annual Hindu festival that falls on Chaturdashi (the 14th day) of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) or Kartika (according to the ...
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
Typically landing in fall at the end of harvest season, Diwali’s date is determined by the lunar calendar, beginning on a new moon and the darkest night of the Hindu calendar, Panchanga.
Kali Puja – Diwali is most commonly known as Kali Puja in West Bengal or in Bengali dominated areas; Karthika Deepam – the festival of lights observed by Tamils of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Sri Lanka and elsewhere; Lehyam, often prepared on the occasion of Deepavali to aid the digestion; Lantern Festival – the Chinese festival of ...
Diwali, a festival of lights, occurs in autumn between mid-October and mid-November on the darkest day of the lunar month, which is the day of the new Moon. Diwali celebrates the themes of the ...