Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, symbolizing the victory of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and spiritual ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Billions of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists worldwide are preparing to celebrate Diwali, also known as the "festival of lights." The five-day festival celebrates "the ...

Choti Diwali 2025: Chhoti Diwali 2025 is celebrated on Narak Chaturdashi. Yamaraj, Hanumanji, and Goddess Kali are worshipped on this day. Lighting at least 14 lamps in the home is considered ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians ...

In preparation for Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, Google Search has crafted a lamp-lighting easter egg. Diwali, a festival of lights traditionally celebrated by some Hindus, Sikhs, and ...

More than a billion people in India celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali on Monday as a state government secured the much-coveted record for lighting the largest number of oil lamps. Every autumn, ...

Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is the Hindu Festival of Lights, which celebrates the symbolic victory of light over darkness and good over evil. The festival, which is celebrated for five days this ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks ...