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Deepavali greetings from Siddharth and the Nimgaonkar family!

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Deepavali greetings from Siddharth and the Nimgaonkar family!

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Siddharth enjoys Deepavali because all his family and friends are together. He performed puja with big sister

Arundhati and lit fireworks with all his friends.

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Aahana loved lighting Diya’s during Diwali, the Festival of Lights.

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Kids are excited to light the fire crackers. Diwali is always a fun festival

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Learn about India's biggest holiday of the year.

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Happy Diwali 🪔 Everyone! May this Diwali brings joy, Great Health, happiness and prosperity to you all! We celebrated Diwali by decorating our home, making rangoli, sweets, snacks and inviting friends over!
Aagam & Aarit Chhajed!

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We have gifted our neighbors with homemade dessert and a handmade diya made of foam snowflake with a candle and a heartfelt note. We explained them about our festival and how we celebrate it and invited them to celebrate with us.🪔

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Most fun part of the festival-firecrackers!!!

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Most fun part of the festival-firecrackers!!!

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We loved lighting fireworks!!🎇🪔

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Akshath loved helping with decorations at home🪔

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We decorated the house with Rangoli , diyas and flowers!

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We decorated the house with Rangoli , diyas and flowers!

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We wish you a very happy and prosperous Diwali to everyone !! 🥰

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Diwali, short for Deepawali, is one of the most popular celebrations in India. The word translates to “row of lights” in Sanskrit and celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness.🪔

The multi-day Festival of Lights includes fireworks, food, gifts, colored sand, and special clay lamps.🪔🎇

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We dress up in colorful cultural clothing to celebrate!

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Happy Deepavali wishes from Harini and Harii’s family…:)

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Deepavali is often referred to as Festival of Lights. It is celebrated during the month between mid of Oct and mid of Nov. Deepavali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness and good over evil”.
On this day, we take oil bath, wear new clothes, do prayers, eat lots of sweets and snacks, get together with families and friends and play fireworks.

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In India, we celebrate Diwali(Deepavali) every year in the month of October or November , its one of the biggest festivals for us. We lights up our house with Diya ( say candles) and wear new Indian Ethnic dress and cook lot of festive dishes and sweets. We also do fireworks on this day.

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We celebrate Diwali by lighting lamps, making Rangoli, eating Indian snacks, Pooja(prayers), and most importantly, hanging out with our family and friends!

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Khevansh and his family celebrate Diwali with fireworks!

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Wishing everyone a happy Diwali!

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Diwali Wishes from MWES students & families ❤️

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Happy Diwali to Everyone! 🪔

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Diwali Wishes from MWES students & families ❤️

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Happy Deepavali!

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Laxmi pooja - a prayer showing gratitude

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Laxmi pooja - a prayer showing gratitude

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Rithvik and his sister celebrating Diwali with Diya 🪔

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Rithvik and his sister celebrating Diwali with Diya 🪔

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Happy Deepavali From Vidyuth and family

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We will celebrate Diwali with fire crackers.

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Getting blessings from the temple.

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Rohan and Veera made their own lights to celebrate the Festival of Lights. A ritual to celebrate good over bad.

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Rohan and Veera with their grandparents 

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A traditional ritual to invite the goddess of wealth into our home- Lakshmi

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We create artwork called Rangoli to invite gods and goddesses into our house! 

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We create artwork called Rangoli to invite gods and goddesses into our house! 

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In India, we celebrate Diwali every year October/November, lights up our house area, inside the house, eat new new dishes mainly sweets, wear new dresses and enjoyed the lights and foods with relatives and friends.

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Diwali is festival lights. On this day, We pray god to remove darkness and lead us towards the light. We Lite lamps and burn crackers. We also make sure our families and friends meet on this day and celebrate together.

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Once upon a time, in a beautiful place called the ayodhaya, lived prince Rama! He was married to the beautiful Sita! But, as fate will have it, they had to spend 14 years of vanavasam (living in the forest).

During that time, the demon king Ravana, fell for the beautiful sita and wanted to marry her. But she loved Rama very much. So, Ravana made a devious plan and kidnapped her. Now, Sita was not just beautiful, but was a clever too. She left clues behind. These clues led rama to the place she was held as a prisoner. With the help of his loving brother Lakshman and disciple – Lord Hanuman and a lot more friends, Rama fought the war against Ravana. And won it fair and square!

To celebrate his victory and his return to his rightful land of ayodhya as its ruler, the people of ayodhya lit up the streets and their home with lamps! They welcomed Rama, sita and Lakshmana with a lot of love! Since then, we all remember and celebrate that day, for their bravery and defeat of the darkness, as Diwali!

That is just one of the Diwali story, that I heard! Here is another, one that my grandma told me. Personally my favourite – because Krishna and more importantly Sathyabhama, a lady warrior killed Narakasura!

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A story about Diwali read by Agnisha Banerjee

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Agnisha Banerjee, a 5th grader read a beautiful story about her favorite holiday, Diwali.

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A story about Diwali read by Agnisha Banerjee

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Diwali - Festival of Lights | National Geographic

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Diwali - Festival of Lights | National Geographic

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