Between when and how to celebrate, here's what to know about India's most significant holiday of the year Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diwali is a major holiday celebrated by many South Asian religious communities. Also called the festival of lights, its observance ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Diwali is officially a New York City public school holiday, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. Adams was joined at the announcement at City Hall by ...

Known as the "Festival of Lights," Diwali is a holiday of great significance to Indian Americans and South Asian Americans and traditionally celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains. The word ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People admire oil lamps outside Ahmedabad, India, on Oct. 19. (Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images) This month marks one of Hinduism ...

Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week. Diwali, also known as Deepavali and the Hindu “Festival of Lights,” is one of India's most widely celebrated ...

As many Americans go trick-or-treating or host Halloween parties on Thursday, many people in India, South Asia and worldwide will celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. People will light candles ...

Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of the most popular holidays in India, and for Hindus in particular. A celebration of good over evil, it is observed across faiths over five days with gatherings ...

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the ...