Diwali, the Pan-Indian Festival of Lights

Residents of Calcutta carry a clay idol on the eve of the holiday, which this year lands on October 28
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The Goddess Kali
Residents of Calcutta carry a clay idol on the eve of the holiday, which this year lands on October 28.

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