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Every autumn, the observance sees millions of people attend firework displays, prayer services and festive events in celebration of the occasion. However, festivities were cancelled last year for ...
A devotee prepares to place oil lamps at a religious ceremony during the Diwali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 12,2023.
The day after Diwali is the first day of the bright fortnight of Kartik. [146] It is regionally called Annakut (heap of grain), Padwa, Goverdhan puja, Bali Pratipada, Bali Padyami, Kartik Shukla Pratipada and other names. [27] [146] According to one tradition, the day is associated with the story of Bali's defeat at the hands of Vishnu.
Bandi Chhor Divas (Punjabi: ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ ਦਿਵਸ (); meaning "Day of Liberation"), also known as Bandi Chhor Dihara, [1] is a Sikh celebration commemorating the day when the sixth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Hargobind, and 52 Hindu kings were released from Gwalior Fort, who had been imprisoned by Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2] [3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth.
Diwali is preceded by Navaratri, another Hindu festival that is observed every autumn over the course of nine nights. This year, Navaratri ran from 3 October to 12 October.
Edison's Diwali Festival of Lights celebration on Saturday at Papaianni Park, with more than 100,000 lights on display, will feature a drone show rather than fireworks this year. Diwali, a ...
Dhanteras [1] (Hindi: धनतेरस), also known as Dhanatrayodashi (Sanskrit: धनत्रयोदशी), is the first day that marks the festival of Diwali or Tihar in most of India and Nepal