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.

Celebrate Diwali this year by making your own paper diya wall hanging, which is sure to bring light and warmth into your home this Diwali 🪔. A diya a traditional oil lamp made from clay ...

As Sunita Williams returned from space after 9-long-months, here are some instances when she proudly flaunted her Indian ...

This religious ceremony is started by chanting of the holy Vedic mantras by the priests, lighting diyas at the ghats and the sparkling of fire crackers, to welcome and please the Gods and Goddesses.

The lights often seen in the Diwali Festival are a symbol of dispelling dark over light ... Diwali festival include henna and mehndi booths, diya or oil lamp-lighting, mandala and rangoli art ...

People decorate with rangoli, fairy lights, and diyas, and much more ... In its core feeling, Diwali is the symbol of victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over ...