The State of Connecticut officially recognizes Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, as a state holiday. The bill received ...

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Their terracotta wares, particularly water pots and diyas, are still shaped by hand using simple tools and local clay. These villages are not just producers—they are guardians of regional identity.

As the lamps remained ... Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of ... thousands of volunteers lit lamps, called “diyas ...

Many light candles and oil lamps made from clay. Fireworks are set off ... On Wednesday, thousands of volunteers lit lamps, called “diyas,” along riverbanks, lanes, fronts and roofs of ...

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 ...