Lighting an oil lamp, or diya, has profound spiritual and symbolic significance in Hinduism. Those little earthen lamps are filled with ghee or oil. They have a special importance in every ...

Mahesh Prajapati's struggle highlights the decline of traditional diya-making in Telibagh, as potters face rising costs and competition from cheaper, machine-made alternatives.

"The word refers to rows of diyas — or clay lamps — which are put all around homes and places of worship." Here's what you need to know about Diwali. Champagne coupe towers and chandeliers: ...

On Wednesday, thousands of volunteers lit lamps, called “diyas,” along riverbanks, lanes, fronts and roofs of homes. “More than 30,000 volunteers, primarily college students, worked ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the ...

On Wednesday, thousands of volunteers lit lamps, called “diyas,” along riverbanks, lanes, fronts and roofs of homes. “More than 30,000 volunteers, primarily college students, worked ...

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 ...