“We’d always have clay at home so during Diwali, making diyas with the cousins was something we always did. It was great fun,” he tells us. ‘EVEN DURING TOUGH TIMES, A SINGLE DIYA IS ENOUG ...

This year, Diwali will be celebrated on October 31st. On this day, homes are decorated with diyas, and Lakshmi and Ganesha are worshipped together. Worshipping Lakshmi is believed to bring ...

These lamps are known as diyas or divas. Through this, the festival of Diwali was born. Image caption, The diyas represent the lights that guided Rama and Sita home, as told in the poem Ramayana.