Celebrated
Oct./Nov.
Diwali
Significance
Light Over Darkness
Tradition
Diya lighting
Diwali
About
Celebrated by Hindus and other religious sects such as Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists, it is a four or five-day long festival dedicated to celebrating the perseverance of light over darkness. Traditions include the large-scale lighting of temples as well as the lighting of oil lamps called diyas inside and outside individual households.
Trivia
It is celebrated in Autumn across the Northern Hemisphere and in Spring across the Southern Hemisphere. The roots of the celebration date back to the first century AD.
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