DĪVĀLĪ, also known as Dīpāvalī, is an important renewal festival celebrated all over India in October–November at the time of the autumn equinox. Dīvālī marks the end of the rainy...

Although the religious practices of India are numerous and diverse, the festival of Diwali (array of light) is celebrated in most parts of India, primarily by Hindus. Diwali occurs on the new moon day of Kartik (a month during October and November)....

the festival of light which is celebrated all over India in the lunar month of Kārttika (October/November) and is a merger of many different traditions. It is usually associated with and the beginning of the new year, after the rainy season, when...

Diwali, or Deepawali, (also called Tihar and Swanti in Nepal) (Markiscarali) is a major Indian and Nepalese festive holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism which was refounded by Lord Mahavira in India. Many legends are...

Diwali is the Hindu/Sikh festival of light. Literally translated it means row of lights. It is the Hindu New Year and falls on the first moonless night at the end of October/beginning of November. This year it takes place today. Hindus pray to...

JAMES BUESCHER Around the world - from Moravians and their candlelit lovefeasts to Jews and their Hanukkah menorahs - the concepts of goodness, knowledge and warmth always have been associated with light. For Hindus it is no different, particularly when it comes...

A bomb exploded at a famous Muslim shrine in northern India on Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding 17 others ahead of one of the holiest days on the Muslim calendar, police said.The blast at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, a 12th...

Indeed, anyone who’s seen Rihanna’s color-splashed video for “Pon De Replay” - which resuscitates the Diwali riddim - would say Aaliyah’s famed instructor did a superb job with Def Jam’s debutante. But it was Rihanna’s voice, not her dancing, that dazzled the label’s buttoned-up...