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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Robbinsville, New Jersey) is a slightly older, smaller mandir on the Akshardham campus, built between 2010 and 2014. The mandir was built in the Nagaradi style using 68,000 cubic feet (1,900 m 3) of Italian Carrara marble. The structure is 87 feet (27 m) wide, 133 feet (41 m) long, and 42 feet (13 m) high. [51]
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 ...
Many Hindus observe Diwali as a day of celebrating the return of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, his wife Sita, and brother Lakshman after 14 years of exile, according to the Hindu American Foundation.