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1. A customer chooses from a variety of devotional items at a

pre-Diwali festival held in Hyderabad (by Aviva Life Insurance in

association with the Concern Indian Foundation) to help generate funds

for helping underprivileged sections of Andhra Pradesh. Photo:

Mohammed Yousuf for The Hindu, 22 Oct 2005.

 

2. A woman potter arranges earthen lamps on a roadside shop in Bhopal

for the festival of Diwali. Photo: A. M. Faruqui for The Hindu,

1 November 2004.

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1. Women light earthen lamps on the eve of the Hindu festival of

Diwali, in Agartala, India, Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. Diwali, the

festival of lights that falls on Oct. 21, is popularly celebrated by

lighting up homes with earthen lamps and bursting firecrackers. (AP

Photo/Ramakanta Dey)

 

2. Indian teenagers in Agra place oil lamps onto the Yamuna River

behind the Taj Mahal on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, seen

as the Hindu equivalent of Christmas. (Brijesh Singh/Reuters)