Diwali

Venkat Raman Auckland, October 24, 2022. Indian Newslink wishes all its Readers, Advertisers, Contributors, Sponsors, Friends and Well-Wishers Happy Diwali ...

Diwali lunch would be usually a five or six-course meal, with the members of the extended family gathering at one family home. The type of sweets and the variety would depend on affordability and family taste. One of the most important aspects of Diwali is the preparation of sweets and savouries at home on Diwali eve. Diwali is perhaps the only occasion when Hindus rise long before the Sun does and prepare for the day. Temples usually organise special poojas and archanas on the day, with many devotees offering sweets to worshippers and visitors. We hope and pray that the Festival of Lights will bring joy and plenty to your homes and keen all of you healthy and happy.

More and more major brands are recognizing the festival of lights, running ad campaigns and stocking products related to the holiday in the US.

And the party supplier [Big Dot of Happiness](https://www.bigdotofhappiness.com/) makes Diwali decorations that she’s bought in years past. Does it matter whether the person or company behind a Diwali product is South Asian or not? “These local chocolate companies are using familiarity in the style of Indian flavors with modern sustainable relevance for the younger South Asian generation,” Navanayagam says. What is the line between celebration and appropriation? New York-based TAGMO Treats, meanwhile, offers Diwali [mithai ](https://tagmonyc.com/shop/diwali-collection)that pays homage to home cooks. “When anything in any culture becomes mainstream, you do run the risk of appropriation,” she says. At 4.6 million people, Indian Americans account for about 21% of that group, [more than doubling](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/asian-americans-indians-in-the-u-s/#economic-characteristics-of-u-s-indian-population-2019) in population from 2000 to 2019. [Diwali Celebration Box](https://www.malai.co/ice-cream-desserts/diwali-celebration-box) in 2019. For a really long time there wasn’t even that acknowledgment,” she adds. The items in the collection – which in past years have included gulab jamun ice cream cake and [Parle-G](https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-power-of-parle-g/) masala chai ice cream sandwiches – cater to a new generation of Indian Americans who are looking for an updated twist on familiar flavors, Bavishi says. Diwali, then, presents a significant commercial opportunity for businesses, given that it’s tradition to give gifts, ignite firecrackers and feast with friends and family. Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is one of the most important festivals in Hinduism.

The idea started with Aparna Sarin, a physician who lives in Haddonfield. She says she began by asking her neighbors, “would you do this with me”?

Then she got her Haddonfield physician moms Facebook group and the Haddonfield Anti-racism Coalition involved. “And before I know it, those five people introduced me to five more.” The idea started with Aparna Sarin, a physician who lives in Haddonfield.

India's streets and homes are lit up with colourful lanterns and glowing lamps as millions celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali.

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Happy Diwali (Deepavali) 2022 Wishes Images, Status, HD Wallpapers, Quotes, Messages, GIF Pics Download, Photos, Shayari: Diwali marks the homecoming of ...

*Wishing you a happy Diwali. Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali. Happy Diwali 2022 Wishes Images, Status, Quotes, Wallpapers, Messages, Photos: Diwali is a much-awaited festival that is celebrated with great pomp and show all over India.

Deepak Sarma collaborated with the card company to create Diwali cards that are now available in Target stores. Author: Isabel Lawrence, Jessica Miller.

Happy Diwali 2022: Check out the list of quotes, wishes, messages, and greetings for your loved ones. Saima Andrabi. Published: 24 Oct 2022, 6:00 AM IST.

I wish everyone a very happy and wonderful Diwali 2022. On this festival of lights, may you and your loved ones get the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi. May you be blessed with joy, health, prosperity, and bounty. May the festival of light fill you with joy and prosperity. May Goddess Lakshmi purge all the bad things from your life this Diwali. Let's spread joy and illuminate others' worlds in order to truly appreciate this auspicious festival. Keep your doors open and decorate your house with colourful lights and fresh flowers. Happy Diwali and a prosperous new year to you! [Dhanteras](https://www.thequint.com/news/india/dhanteras-2022-exact-date-and-time-is-dhanteras-on-22-or-23-october-2022-check-details-here) and ends with [Bhai Dooj](https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/bhai-dooj-2022-date-puja-time-shubh-muhurat-bhai-dooj-tilak-timings-significance-of-the-festival-here). Have a wonderful Diwali, enjoy the festival. May the joy of Diwali enter your life and make you happy always. The festival is celebrated every year with great enthusiasm and grandeur.

Happy Diwali 2022 Images and Photos: Hindus celebrate Diwali on the New Moon Day (Amavasya Tithi) during the waning phase (Krishna Paksha) in the Hindu ...

May you be showered with good health, wealth, and a happy and prosperous life. A very happy Diwali to you and your family. May you be showered with happiness, good health, wealth and good luck. [Happy Diwali images](/topic/happy-diwali-images), greetings, messages, and HD Photos with friends and colleagues [Diwali](/topic/diwali)celebrations begin with Govatsa Dwadashi or Dhanteras and culminate with Bhai Dooj. Traditionally referred to as Deepawali (Deepon ki awali or row of lamps), it is one of the biggest festivals in India.

PM Modi wishes countrymen a happy Diwali. दीपावली की आप सभी को ढेरों शुभकामनाएं। प्रकाश का यह पर्व हर ...

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of Goddess Kali on the occasion of Diwali in Puri We're prepared with drones & to access high-rise buildings. We expect there won't be many incidents as firecrackers are banned.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended wishes on Diwali to the people of the country saying Diwali as a festival of brightness and radiance.

May this auspicious festival further the spirit of joy and well-being in our lives, says PM in his tweet.

May this auspicious festival further the spirit of joy and well-being in our lives. Diwali is associated with brightness and radiance. I hope you have a wonderful Diwali with family and friends."

The Labasa Market was a sea of colours today with vendors turning up in sarees, kameez and bula shirts and their tables decorated as they celebrated Diwali ...

Makolau says while they didn’t want to interrupt their businesses, they wanted to recognise and celebrate the vendors. Her message this Diwali is to always have an open mind and heart to see the good in others. Labasa Market Vendors Association Vice-President Waisea Makolau says they want to celebrate unity this Diwali.

PM Modi would be marking Diwali with security personnel after visit to UP, Uttarakhand and Gujarat in the past few days. | Latest News India.

[Latest India News](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news)along with [Latest News](https://www.hindustantimes.com/latest-news)and [Top Headlines](https://www.hindustantimes.com/)from India and around the world. While 2019 was when he met the personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri, in 2020, he was at the border post of Longewala. In 2016, he went to Himachal Pradesh to meet soldiers near the China border. The next year, he visited three memorials in Punjab to honour successes of the Indian Army in the 1965 war. Meanwhile, the prime minister has been celebrating Diwali with soldiers every year since 2014 when he marked the festival with security forces in Siachen. [packed schedule ahead of Diwali](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/from-gujarat-uttarakhand-to-up-pm-narendra-modi-s-schedule-ahead-of-diwali-101666149436156.html), Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to celebrate the festival of lights with soldiers at the border like every year.

The PMO said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Kargil, where he will celebrate Diwali with our brave soldiers." Modi has visited many military ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on October 24 in Kargil to celebrate Diwali with the Indian Army. The PMO said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Kargil, where he will celebrate Diwali with our brave soldiers." Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Kargil to celebrate Diwali with the Indian Army.

Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across Merseyside are celebrating the five-day Festival of Lights, Diwali. Diwali, which for some represents harvest and new year ...

- May the brightness of Diwali lights last all through the year - Wishing you and your family a Happy Diwali - May the divine lights of Diwali fill your life with happiness, prosperity and peace The [main day of celebration](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/events) on Monday, November 24. - Wish you all a happy and prosperous Diwali - Wish you a very prosperous and happy year ahead this Diwali

Hardi Goradia, 26, is originally from Mumbai, in India. She arrived in Nottingham this term to study at Nottingham Trent University.

All of us are going to party together." "We are going to be lighting our rooms and celebrate it like we were in Mumbai. "It is a festival which has a togetherness vibe to it; we eat a lot of sweets and food. "Nobody is left in the darkness, everyone is brought into the light," he said. "Back home Diwali is the biggest party of the year," he said. "The party is going to be a melting pot for a lot of different cultures here," he said. "The best thing is we buy shiny clothes and wear these shiny clothes and look good. The Nottingham-based student said: "I've got my clothes here; she is in India, but we are both going to get dressed up and we are going to have a video call. "It's the tradition to get jalebi, a sweet thing," he said. "As kids we were told that Diwali is one of the biggest events we celebrate as a family and that is what I am looking forward to this year as well, because these guys are my new family." "So they are going to come along, get dressed up as well, so it's going to be a vibe, it's going to be great. "Now it just feels like home is not a place; it is a feeling."

The festival of lights is one of the biggest events in the Hindu calendar and people mark it by decorating their homes and buying gifts. However, rising costs ...

"We have noticed a big change because of the cost of living - people are not buying as much... "[But] we are not calling family over because of the cost of living." However, that is not the case in 2022 for Bandhan Samanta of Nima Diamonds, who says the average cost of a necklace has risen by £100 and he now struggles to find manufacturers.

The possible impacts include flash flooding of low lying areas, localised flooding of iris crossings and informal settlements and some disruption to traffic ...

Heavy rain is expected to ease over the group from Thursday. Strong southeasterly winds with speeds up to 45 kilometres per hour is expected over these areas. The Weather Office says this is due to an extensive area of cloud and rain approaching the group from the west and expected to affect the country from tomorrow until Thursday.

Diwali is held on the last day of the month of Kartika in the lunar calendar (falling between October and November). It is celebrated by lighting small oil lamps called diyas, which symbolise the lifting of spiritual darkness and the renewal of life, ...

Diwali is held on the last day of the month of Kartika in the lunar calendar (falling between October and November). “For generations, the contributions of our Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese and South East Asian communities have been woven into the social fabric of our state, and by celebrating their culture tonight we are also celebrating their contributions to making NSW a multicultural and multifaith success story.” “By lighting up the sails of the Opera House, we are sharing in the rich colour, vibrancy and values of Diwali,” Mr Coure said.

NAB Senior Health Banking Manager Dolly Cutinho (pictured, middle) celebrating Diwali. “My first memory of Diwali is the incredible fireworks that would go off ...

We asked 13,000 colleagues what they value about working at NAB, and what matters to our people? I think it’s also really special how NAB acknowledges and celebrates it, particularly through the activities Cultural Inc organises. Find out if a career at NAB is for you. It’s been seven years since Tejas celebrated Diwali in India with his parents. “The Melbourne community is so aware of Diwali. It lasts five days and is celebrated by over a billion people around the world.

Kirki Joshi has been "cooking for days". After the COVID lockdown wiped out festivities in 2021, she is going all to celebrate Diwali this year.

We'll be overloaded with stuff in the langar hall and have so much food to give," he said. It's been lots of fun," Ms Joshi said. "We make the effort to ensure that we stock items to cater to all cultures and religions so that they can come and celebrate their Diwali (their way)," store owner, Sukhnandan Grewal said. "Normally we celebrate at home with our family first — with paath, hukamnama and ardas (prayers) — and then we'll eat together as a family before heading to the Gurudwara (Sikh temple) and celebrate with the rest of the sagat (congregation)," she said. For the Sikh community, this day serves as a reminder of the importance of freedom and human rights. For Hindus and Jains, Diwali or the Festival of Lights, is a time to commemorate the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and hope over despair.

PM Modi tweeted, "Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali. Diwali is associated with brightness and radiance. May this auspicious festival further the spirit of joy ...

May the light spread in everyone’s lives. On this holy festival of light and joy, let us try to bring happiness to the lives of those in need by lighting the lamp of knowledge and energy. On this great festival, I pray for happiness and prosperity in the lives of all the countrymen.” He said, “Happy Diwali to all the countrymen. conveyed her Diwali greetings in Tamil. Diwali is associated with brightness and radiance.

Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as bright oil lamps and colorful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that ...

Modi and his party had long pledged to build a temple to Ram where the Mughal-era mosque once stood, in a long-running controversy. But on Diwali night people also lit up the sky with firecrackers and its smoke causes smog that sometimes takes days to clear. The Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by a Hindu mob with pickaxes and crowbars in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead, most of them Muslims. Thousands of residents also lit lamps at their houses and temples across the city. The stunning spectacle along the shores of Saryu River was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ahead of the celebrations, cities and towns across the country were decked with colorful lights.

Indians have celebrated Diwali as earthen oil lamps and dazzling lights lit up homes and streets across the...

Modi and his party had long pledged to build a temple to Ram where the Mughal-era mosque once stood, in a long-running controversy. Thousands of residents also lit lamps at their houses and temples across the city. The stunning spectacle along the shores of Saryu River was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To celebrate his return, people light the earthen lamps. Millions of Indians thronged crowded bazaars for shopping, bringing back the Diwali cheer that was dampened during the last two years due to coronavirus restrictions. Indians have celebrated Diwali as earthen oil lamps and dazzling lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

It is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in the Hindu religion and is characterised by the use of stunning lights, candles, and oil lamps as well as ...

May the merriment of this wonderful festival of Diwali fill your life with infinite joy. However, according to the [Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/) saying ‘Happy Diwali’ is okay but there are longer greetings available which you can use. By this, chances are you know someone who is connected to the festival and you may want to pass on your best wishes but say something beyond only ‘Happy Diwali’. Every year, Diwali occurs after the conclusion of the harvest to coincide with the new moon that comes out between October and November - it symbolises the triumph of knowledge over ignorance or, in other words, light over darkness. Reportedly, the word Diwali (or Deepavali) comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “rows of lighted lamps”. [Sikhs](/topic/sikhs) and some Buddhists all over the world celebrating it.

A Tamil devotee lights an oil lamp at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...

Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump also held Diwali celebrations. Bush’s time in office. Last year, the Bidens lit a small lamp known as a diya at the White House to celebrate the festival.

Hindus celebrate Diwali, but it is observed in different religions as well. Jains and Sikhs also have their own traditions, with their own religious ...

However, the Indian diaspora is much more widely spread, and Diwali is observed by people of Indian descent in almost every country on the planet. The festival is a celebration of all things luminary and settlements across the world, of all sizes, light up in festivity. It is the celebration of light over darkness and the triumph of good over evil; this name is chosen to signify this. Diwali falls within the Hindu lunar calendar month of Karthik and is chosen as it falls on Amavasya, which translates to moonless night. The day after Diwali is a little more subdued, and celebrations differ from area to area. Let's explore the history of the festival and some of the most interesting and important facts about this celebration.

A devotee holds an oil lamp while offering prayers during Hindu festival of Diwali at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Oct. 24, 2022.

Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, is celebrated by devotees all over the world. Also known as the festival of lights, it symbolises the ...

On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, Sydney Opera House lit up on Sunday after several world leaders including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the Indian subcontinent — and in Greater Columbus — are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, this week.

The holiday is also a celebration of Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, and Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. and an Annakut celebration on Wednesday. You can support work like his with a tax-deductible donation to Report for America here: (This year, lighters of firecrackers in Delhi could face up to Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the Indian subcontinent — and in Greater Columbus — are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, this week. This is symbolized by the millions of candles, lights and fireworks illuminating villages, towns and cities over the holiday. On the third day, people place vermillion powder on the foreheads of cows. Both crows and dogs are given special food, and dogs are garlanded with marigold flowers. “We worship dogs because they protect us.” The most important celebration, Laxmi Puja, occurs on Monday with the new moon. Bengali-speakers in eastern India also worship Kali, an all-powerful goddess, during Diwali. [concentrated](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/17/6-facts-about-jains-in-india/) in western India, the holiday [marks](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jain-perspective-diwali_b_1032617) the attainment of enlightenment by the spiritual teacher Mahavira, in 527 B.C.E.

Diwali took center stage at The Pierre in New York City, where Christian Louboutin, Falguni & Shane Peacock, Pete Buttigieg, and others partied the night ...

What a fun way to celebrate the holiday!” exclaimed Kal Penn, wearing a glimmering red and blue Harleen Kaur jacket. Anjula Acharia, wearing Falguni Shane Peacock, shared similar excitement for the holiday: “Diwali is so important to me because it’s an expression of my culture, the beauty, the elegance, the colors, and an opportunity to show how much fun we are.” Falguni and Shane Peacock, two of India’s [top fashion designers](https://www.vogue.com/article/beyonce-jay-z-blue-ivy-wearable-art-gala), co-hosted the party and dressed many attendees. We really want to put Diwali on the map.” Diwali is a Hindu holiday celebrating the victory of light and good over darkness and evil. It’s common to light oil-filled clay diyas in order to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and Ganesh, the god of wisdom and good luck.

Indians across the country are celebrating the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

But on the night of Diwali, people also light up the sky with firecrackers, and the smoke causes smog that sometimes takes days to clear. [Diwali](/news/2020/11/14/diwali-2020-when-is-it-and-how-is-it-celebrated) on Monday as bright earthen oil lamps and colourful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness. Indians across the country are celebrating the Hindu festival that symbolises the victory of light over darkness.

Chefs Meherwan Irani, Palak Patel, and Archna Becker share the foods significant to their Diwali feasts.

For Becker, most of their family celebrations and observances happen in and around the home. [Ambaji Shree Shakti Mandir of Atlanta](https://www.ambajiusa.org/events/diwali-2022/) in Lake City offers an Annakut for public viewing on Govardhan Pooja, along with other events with food throughout the year. As she notes in her streaming series, [The Diwali Menu on Food Network](https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/the-diwali-menu), she looks forward to special treats like pooris and katchori that her mother still makes for the holidays, and coordinating family visits to celebrate the festive season together. Firecrackers are let off all evening, and our guests are all sent home with a goodie bag of homemade sweets.” Other treats include preparations of rice and sugar either as kheer (a rice pudding with sugar) or puffed rice balls made with jaggery. [Chai Pani](https://www.chaipani.com/decatur) in Asheville and Decatur, grew up in a blended household. The celebrations also extend to other parts of the home, including purchasing new kitchen utensils to usher a bountiful and healthy kitchen. Lanterns are hung to symbolically invite all things good and thus mark the beginning of Diwali. As the festival occurs in the fall, dark nights are brightened with strings of lights, oil lamps, and votives. While the main day of Diwali is observed on a moonless night, according to a traditional lunar calendar, South Asian celebrations are spread out over two to three days prior, and may continue up to five days beyond Diwali. Each day of Diwali honors a different aspect or narrative that is important to the family’s traditions. For Hindus celebrating Diwali, it comes forward as the lighting of clay diyas – an event marking an elaborate five-day festival filled with festivities and decadent feasts.

Clay lamps, or diyas, are lit and placed around the entrances to Hindu homes the night before the new moon in the Hindu month of Kartika.

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted an intimate celebration of Diwali at her residence in DC, attended by South Asian leaders in politics, film and TV, ...

It sounds cliche to say that “you have to see it to be it”; it’s also not entirely true, as many of the trailblazing guests were the first to mark a certain level of achievement in their fields. And here we all were, together, celebrating a holiday and wearing clothes that people may have mocked us for in the past or that made us targets of hate. They then handed out sparklers, the handheld fireworks that are commonly lit on Diwali to symbolize the idea of seeking light in the darkness. But it was beautiful to turn around everywhere and see South Asians of all ages meeting and greeting each other, congratulating each other on their latest personal or professional accomplishments, and the young dancers taking it all in — all of us, quite literally, seeing it. To many of us, one of the seemingly small but standout moments of Bridgerton season 2 is when Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) oils her sister Edwina’s (Charithra Chandran) hair: a tradition many of us grew up with, one that brings us immense comfort, and also one that caused others to mock us. She wrote on her Instagram that she realized “each one of the guests at the party did have something in common: we were all self-made. After all, Harris is a heartbeat away from the presidency, the right-hand woman to one of the most influential leaders in the world — and a powerful figure in her own right. (The event was off the record, but I’m writing this with permission from her office.) She spoke of her memories celebrating Diwali in India as a child, and the universal relevance of what the holiday stands for: light over darkness, and enlightenment over ignorance. … It wasn’t our pedigree, but rather the degree of effort we worked on our goals, that unites us. But the fact of it happening on one of our most important holidays — the holiday that is all about the triumph of good over evil, of light over dark — was something I couldn’t (and still don’t) understand. These are all people I have watched work for years and years to get to positions of power and influence, and I know for a fact it wasn’t always easy (if it ever was). The values we hold, the policies we enact or support, the intersectionality of true justice: these are all things that matter just as much, if not more, than the identity of any one person in any one position.

NEW YORK (AP) — The week dawned gloomily in New York, but the drab mist was little match for the holiday at hand: Diwali, the festival of lights that ...

Ratan Sharma, a manager at India Sari Palace, says sweet shops and grocery stores are the biggest beneficiaries of the Diwali shopping. Padma Lakshmi and Sarita Choudhury embraced for the camera, with the former demonstrating some hip-shaking thumkas. Carrying a basket brimming with tea lights and other decorations, the Delhi native said her Diwali celebrations in the United States are usually intimate family affairs because most people prefer to pray in their own homes. In the stands outside Apna Bazaar, a grocery store, a sea of small clay pots and wicks for Diwali lamps lay alongside fresh bunches of cilantro and above bags of onions. The party, now in its third year, highlights Diwali by bringing together high-powered South Asians with other New York luminaries — people who “the world saw as leaders and role models,” said host Anita Chatterjee, CEO of A-Game Public Relations. Five miles east of the five-star hotel, those already familiar with the holiday were embarking on preparations for their personal celebrations.

Jill and I wish a happy Diwali to the more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists celebrating this Festival of Lights in the United States, ...

American history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh reality that that we have never fully lived up to it. On this day, we give thanks for the optimism, courage, and empathy demonstrated by the incredible South Asian community all across America. Jill and I wish a happy Diwali to the more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists celebrating this Festival of Lights in the United States, India, and around the world.

The holiday is all about light overcoming darkness, and there's symbolism of that in every corner of the center.

Dayal Gauranga Das, the executive director of the Bhakti Center, said there is good reason for that growth. "I like to think of the Bhakti Center as my spiritual home. People made their way to the Bhakti Center for what's a very spiritual event.

Wishing a happy Diwali to more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists celebrating this Festival of Lights in the United States, India, ...

A home that belongs to all of you," the first lady said. Each day of the festival is associated with six different principal stories. Moreover, US vice-president Kamala Harris also delivered remarks from the White House on the occasion of Diwali celebrations. This is the first Diwali reception of this scale in the White House ever to be held. We have more Asian Americans than ever before in history and we want to thank you for making the Diwali celebration a joyous part of American culture," US President Joe Biden said during a reception to celebrate Diwali at the White House. As the world celebrates this gathering of light, he said, "as this community has experienced too often--that there is always darkness lurking.

Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October 24 as Diwali. Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across ...

The Governor also held the first ever Diwali celebration at the Governor’s Mansion. [Proclamation](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F3418*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=4971163f5f1377471aeac17a253d1b76d4f89f9610e7bfdcbbeb1214c06d3386__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1Irr2TLhKA$). “I hope this Diwali is filled with peace, joy and prosperity for everyone, especially for our Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist communities across the state,” said Governor Cooper. Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists across the world. [issued](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F398*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=b9a6d3eb556f6580e5c9017cf0e5aefa3d33106c8ddb91c45734684365b677a1__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1IpKhIjkIA$) the first proclamation in North Carolina history to recognize and celebrate Diwali. [proclaimed](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=40982586&msgid=504362&act=GMP1&c=1346310&pid=1099377&destination=https*3A*2F*2Fgovernor.nc.gov*2Fmedia*2F3418*2Fopen&cf=13425&v=4971163f5f1377471aeac17a253d1b76d4f89f9610e7bfdcbbeb1214c06d3386__;JSUlJSUl!!HYmSToo!aHg0F6Hzknl0Xc5cUsNuAtrbXuyJKQl0yI2u1j_boV4chVthmnuCUqvJHsCHtAneVHatD0JkmQWV1Irr2TLhKA$) October 24 as Diwali.

President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris host a Diwali celebration reception at White House on Monday.

In India, people celebrated Diwali on Monday as bright earthen oil lamps and dazzling, colorful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Watch in the player around. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

Joe Biden has appointed a record number of over 130 Indo-Americans at various levels of the administrations, Ajay Jain Bhutoria said.

It’s a wonderful recognition by the President and by the White House to host all of us on Diwali. “It’s an honour and a privilege to be here to celebrate Diwali. I feel very privileged to be here as an Indian American,” Atul Keshap, president of US India Business Council told PTI during the reception.