Diwali 2026: Indians celebrate festival with lights and fireworks

BBC News · Rachita Prasad · 2026-11-06 10:21 UTC

Millions of Indians will mark the festival of lights with glowing lamps, fireworks and traditional sweets

Homes and temples glow across India as Diwali celebrations begin

Millions across India are set to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, illuminating homes, temples, offices and streets with oil lamps and colourful lights to symbolise the triumph of light over darkness.

The festival falls on the darkest night of the Hindu lunar month of Kartik, when the moon is not visible in the sky.

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