The daylong event follows Diwali and features the Annakut or "mountain of food." Annakut, also known as Govardhan Puja, uses ...

Diwali is derived from the word “Deepavali,” which means “a row of lights.” Celebrants light rows of traditional clay oil ...

With Pennsylvania making it a state holiday and NYC schools giving students the day off, the Festival of Lights is gaining ...

The writer Raj Tawney shares how celebrating Diwali eventually taught him to feel more rooted in his Indian culture — and in ...

Firecrackers are central to Diwali celebrations for millions of Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some ...

A Guinness World Records team presented a certificate to Uttar Pradesh state’s chief minister acknowledging the unprecedented ...

Light up those lamps and bring out the sparkle, it's time for Diwali. On Thursday, millions of Hindus and South Asians across ...

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Thursday as lights and oil lamps lit up homes and streets across the country to mark ...

Think again! Dev Deepawali, also known as ‘Diwali of the Gods’, comes 15 days after regular Diwali celebrations. It takes ...

Diwali's transcendent message of good over evil comes at the perfect time, say Unitarian Universalist congregants, who ...

New Delhi topped global pollution charts on Friday, partly due to revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali ...

Thousands of South Asian Sacramentans celebrated Diwali this past week, marking the new year with sweets, lights and prayers.