In pics: Diwali spreads its light
Updated On Oct 24, 2014 03:12 PM IST
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People celebrate Diwali in New Delhi on Thursday. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)
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The bright colours of Diwali in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
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Fireworks light up the sky on Thursday in New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal/HT Photo)
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Children play with fire crackers in New Delhi on Thursday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
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A boy lights a sparkler in Hyderabad. (Reuters Photo)
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UK's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg celebrate Diwali with Indian-origin parliamentarians and businessman in London on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)
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Young girls light earthen lamps in Allahabad on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
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Pakistan's minority Hindu community celebrate Diwali. (AFP Photo)
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A Hindu Pakistani girl holds a clay lamp during Diwali at a local temple in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday. (AP Photo)
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Widows wave sparklers as they participate in Diwali celebrations on the banks of the Yamuna river in Vrindavan on Thursday. The women, who chanted as they walked through the streets of Vrindavan, are widows who have left or been abandoned by their families. Until recently, they were kept hidden from society and all but forbidden to celebrate. But that is now changing, and local residents cheered the women on as they passed through the streets of the temple-filled town, many proudly wearing brand new saris gifted by a local organisation. (AFP Photo)
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Akshardham Mandir is decorated to mark Diwali in Gandhinagar. (AFP Photo)
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel place candles along the fence as they celebrate Diwali at the India-Pakistan Rajatal border post, about 45km from Amritsar, on Thursday. Diwali marks the homecoming of the Lord Ram after vanquishing the demon king Ravana and symbolises taking people from darkness to light and the victory of good over evil. (AFP Photo)
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Fireworks light up the night sky during Diwali in Ajmer. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. (AP Photo)
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