Diwali, the Pan-Indian Festival of Lights

Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights A pan-Indian holiday marks the victory of good over evil and the lifting of spiritual darkness
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Lamps
The holiday is marked by the lighting of lamps like these being prepared by a laborer in Amritsar.

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