Community leaders and college campuses across Boston hosted Diwali events this past weekend to celebrate the holiday and promote cultural education.

Guests at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights as they pose in front of it on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun ...

Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on the banks of the river Saryu in a city they believe to be the ...

While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. The origin story of Diwali varies depending on the region.