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In 2023, Diwali falls on Sunday, November 12. How is Diwali celebrated? ... In 2017, India’s supreme court banned the sale of fireworks for Diwali in the capital, Delhi, ...
During the 2023 celebration, New Delhi briefly took the top spot in the world for air pollution with an air quality index of 680 on one night. [193] The use of fireworks during Diwali can also lead to burn injuries.
Diwali, the festival of lights, represents the triumph of good over evil ... November 10, 2023 at 5:11 AM. Diwali, the festival of lights, is a religious observance commemorated by Hindus, ...
Diwali: Floating Hindu festival of lights. It is celebrated on the new moon day in the month of Ashvin or Kartika in the Hindu Calendar [14] Sikh festival to celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas in remembrance of the release of Guru Hargobind from the Gwalior Fort prison by the Mughal emperor Jahangir and the day he arrived at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
In Gujarat the new year is celebrated as the day after Diwali. As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam).
Diwali is preceded by Navaratri, another Hindu festival that is observed every autumn over the course of nine nights. This year, Navaratri ran from 3 October to 12 October.
Customers buy paper lanterns and other decorative items at a shop in Mumbai ahead of Diwali in 2023. - Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty Images Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word deepavali, meaning “row ...
In October and November, farmers from Punjab and Haryana burn stubble and other agricultural waste and the weather tends not to be windy, so Delhi's air pollution usually increases, which has been a major environmental problem since 2002. [5] Toxic smog generated during the burning of the firecrackers during Diwali festival can worsen this ...